Letter from Robert Stephenson to Henry Kingsford of Canterbury & Whitstable Railway dated 12 June 1830 1830-06-12
Goblet, glass, to commemorate the opening of the Newcastle High Level Bridge, York Newcastle & Berwick Railway, 16 January 1850. Goblet commemorating the opening of the Newcastle High Level Bridge, 1850. 1850
Model of Britannia tower on Britannia Bridge, 1850 Model of Britannia tower on Britannia Bridge, 1850
'A plan of the Railway or Tramroad from the River Tees at Stockton to Witton Park Colliery... And also a Plan and Sections of several New or Additional Branch Railways or Tramroads proposed to be made from the said Main Railway' R Stephenson, engineer; J.Dixon, surveyor. 1823. Scale 1" : 1m. Published by Wm Miller, Edinburgh, 1823. 'A Plan of the Railway or Tramroad from the River Tees at Stockton to Witton Park Colliery...', 1823 1823
Graphometer made by the railway engineer Robert Stephenson, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1819-1821 Graphometer by engineer Robert Stephenson, British, 1819-1821 1819-1821
Section of cellular base of main span north tube from Robert Stephenson's (1803-1859) Britannia Bridge, Menai Straits. Completed in 1850, the two rectangular wrought iron tubes carried the Chester & Holyhead Railway over spans of 230 feet (70.1 metres) and 460 feet (140.2 metres). The bridge was destroyed by fire in 1970, but the piers re-used for a replacement railway bridge in 1972. A roadway was added above in 1980. See also 1929-614. Section of cellular base of main span N tube from
Book, Minutes of Evidence ... on the London and Brighton Railway Bills (Engineering Evidence), by Robert Stephenson, George Bidder, John Rennie and Joseph Locke, published by the House of Commons, printed by Hansard & Sons, 1836, hard covers, 454 pages. Minutes of Evidence on the London and Brighton Railway Bills 1836
'A Plan of the Darlington Railway with part of the County of Durham'. Robert Stephenson. 1819. Scale 1" 3m. Original hand-drawn and -coloured plan by Stephenson, made after his survey of the proposed Stockton and Darlington Railway in Feb 1819. The plan belonged to Francis Mewburn, the company's first solicitor and the first railway solicitor in the world, and it bears a note in ink in his hand: 'The Railway here described was mater[iall]y altered in 1821'. The map shows a line from Stockton to Darlington, continuing to West Auckland and Witton Park. The first Act for the line was obtained 19 April 1821, the works were begun 13 May, the first rail was laid 22 May 1822 and the line was opened 27 September 1825. A Plan of the Darlington Railway with part of the County of Durham' 1819
Indenture, parchment framed in glass and wood, Indenture of William Paisley as an apprentice to Robert Stephenson, 27 September 1845. Seven year indenture, to be computed from 3 January 1843 to 3 January 1850, for William Paisley to be apprenticed to Robert Stephenson for managing a lathe, drilling machine and planing machine, erecting machinery and vice work. Signed by Robert Stephenson, William Paisley and his father Thomas, witnessed by W.H. Budden. Printed form by M. Benson of Dean Street, Indenture of William Paisley as an apprentice to Robert Stephenson 1845-09-27