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Documents relating to the career of Kenneth Cantlie: apprenticeship with LNWR; work with Entre dos Rios Railway (Argentina) Jodhpur Railways (India) as a technical adviser to Chinese Ministry of Railways in the 1930s, military service, representative for Locomotive Manufacturers' Association (LMA) in 1950s; trade missions to China from 1956 and promotion of the Giesl Ejector from 1950 to 1980s; includes photographs, film, maps, books, booklets and drawings

Documents relating to the career of Kenneth Cantlie: apprenticeship with LNWR

circa 1920-1980
Accrual to the Kenneth Cantlie Archive. Contents of single metal file cabinet drawer containing 37 files. Contains correspondence, publications, photographic prints, 35mm transparencies and other documents relating to Kenneth Cantlie’s childhood, career and family, including; correspondence from his childhood and early career; family and social records; activities in China; Southwold Railway; the Newcomen Society; obituaries and memorials; Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway; Verity Orient; records relating to Sir James Cantlie; Kenneth Cantlie as overseas representative Locomotive Manufacturers Association; records relating to the National Railway Museum.

Accrual to the Kenneth Cantlie archive

Papers of Kenneth Cantlie (accrual), circa 1955 to 1982. Papers cover Cantlie's work as an overseas consulting engineer, mainly concerning sales of Giesl ejectors, trials of the ejector in the UK including on a 9F at Rugby, East African Railways, correspondence with Dr. Giesel, drawings, etc. work with Verity-Orient Co. Ltd. his partnership with George Carpenter.

Papers of Kenneth Cantlie (accrual)

circa 1955-circa 1982