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Model of Stockton & Darlington Railway locomotive no. 5 "Royal George"

1827

Sans Pareil

1829

Locomotive "John Buddle"

1838

Steam locomotive No. 25 "Derwent", Stockton & Darlington Railway

1845

Letter from Timothy Hackworth to the directors of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1841-04-02

Safety Valve, Hackworth's multi-leaf spring type, small, 1818-1838.

Multi-leaf spring safety valve

1818-1838

[Ms. draft letter, 1829 (Nov.?), to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Board / T. Hackworth. 4p. on 1 leaf. Letter refers to the Rainhill Trials. Because 'on a recent occasion the Locomotive Engine Sans Pareil failed in performing the task assigned to her by the Judges', he now writes to the Board detailing excellent subsequent results in testing. On SM negs. 456-9/89]

Letter, Timothy Hackworth to the L&MR Board, 1829

1829

Colour-washed indian ink drawing on paper showing the RH side elevation of a Timothy Hackworth-designed Stockton & Darlington Railway 0-6-0 double tender steam locomotive. Locomotive is unidentified on the front of the original drawing but the name "Magnet" has been lightly pencilled in on the boiler side. The back is marked "Locomotive No. 24 "Magnet." Almost certainly drawn by Thomas McNay.

Side Elevation of a Locomotive Engine - T Hackworth Engineer - June 1834

1834

Papers, Further Papers of Timothy Hackworth & Family, 1820s-1850s. Includes letters 1820s-1850s, miscellaneous drawings, papers re Soho Works from 1845 to sale in 1856, printed patent documents of Hackworth and his sons, ledger, newspaper articles and clippings. Also copy of dissertation on Hackworth by Robert Young.

Further Papers of Timothy Hackworth & Family

1820-1859

Letters and documents originating from members of the Hackworth family. Timothy Hackworth, Esther Alderslade, Winifred Hackworth, John Wesley Hackworth, Jane Hackworth Young. History of the Sans Pareil by John Hick accumulated by the Hackworth family, letter to Mrs Raisbeck. 13 items/files.

Accrual to Hackworth Archive

1826-1890

[Draft letter] 1829 Apr 9, New Shildon [to] Rob't Stephenson, Liverpool / Tim.y Hackworth. [3p. on 1 leaf. Expresses opinions on pulling capacity of various engines, and on the inefficacy of stationary engines and endless ropes on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. On SM negs. 452-4/89]

Letter, Timothy Hackworth to Robert Stephenson, 9 April 1829

1829-04-09

[Ms. notebook of Timothy Hackworth, 1827 Sept-1828 Sept. Contains notes of happenings on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in its early days. It records that the Royal George locomotive (the only one with a name at that time) started work on 29 Nov 1827 and broke down on 13 Dec. Also that No.1 locomotive (afterwards known as Locomotion) exploded at Aycliffe Lane while taking in water on 1 Jul 1828, killing its driver, John Cree. Inside cover bears name 'James Dixon, Darlington'. Bears some later notes, post Hackworth's death, by subsequent owner]

Notebook of Timothy Hackworth, 1827-1828

1827-1828

[Ms. letter] 1848 Mar 15, London Bridge Station [to] J. W. Hackworth, Soho Works, Shildon, B[isho]p Auckland / Timothy Hackworth. [3p. on 1 leaf. He has met Mr Wilson of Leeds whose new engine he describes. Wilson, after taking the engine back to Leeds hopes 'to run 80 miles per hour with about 6 coaches'; 'it has already cost them about £5000, they have taken out a patent'. He (Wilson) hopes 'to run upon a narrow guage line side by side with Brunells'; he 'expects to run faster than Brunell'. Hackworth speaks generally about the future of the locomotive engine: 'simplicity & economy must be the order of the day'. He seems depressed by affairs and is 'really very desirous to be at Home ... I have had enough of it this time'. On SM negs. 444-7/89]

Letter, Timothy Hackworth to John Wesley Hackworth, 15 March 1848

1848