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Scale drawing of Nottingham Water Works Engine House, England, 1851-1860

Scale drawing of Nottingham Water Works Engine House, England, 1851-1860

1850-1859
Drawing of multi flue marine steam boiler

Drawing of multi flue marine steam boiler

1868
Box for Watt's steam engine indicator and 2 line diagrams

Box for Watt's steam engine indicator and 2 line diagrams

[One of 820 civil and engineering drawings, chiefly of Bramah & Robinson. Drawing no. 1/23: 'Plan and Sections of a Tread Mill, by J. Bramah & Sons, Engineers, Pimlico, proposed for the Gaol at Norwich'. ca.1820. Line drawing with wash. Scale 1" : 4']

Plans and Sections of a Tread Mill ...

circa 1820
Improvements in the Arrangement & Combination of the Parts of Loco Engine

Improvements in the Arrangement & Combination of the Parts of Loco Engine

1841
Drawings and plans for the Selby diversion of the East Coast Main Line opened in 1983. Includes; 12 bound portfolios of tendering engineering drawings for the Selby Coalfield Diversion of the East Coast Mainline circa 1977-1979, one set of plans submitted with the Act of Parliament for the line. The drawings include alignments of the railway, cross-sections and plans, diversions of roads and footpaths, archaeological sites, as well as detailed drawings of bridges, fences, hedges, drainage, telecommunications. Produced by Chief Civil Engineer's Department, British Rail Eastern Region, Hudson House, York.

Selby Diversion Drawings

1977-1979
Copy drawing of 4 coupled (0-4-0T) goods engine built by Avonside Engine Co. Ltd., c.1872. Line drawing with wash, scale 1 1/2" : 1'. Bears note 'Constructed by the Avonside Engine Co.Limited, Bristol (A.L.Sacre, Chief Engineer) to the designs of D McDowell Esq. for the Waterford and Central Ireland Ry. Co.'

Drawing of 0-4-0T locomotive for the Waterford and Central Ireland Railway

circa 1872
[Engineering drawing] Wearmouth Bridge, Reconstruction. Sunderland / [Mott, Hay & Anderson, civil engineers, Caxton St.,] Westminster. 1930 Jan. Colour lithographed, scale 1/4" : 1'. Drawing No.J70, cross sections

Engineering drawing Wearmouth Bridge

1930
[Engineering drawing] Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction 1930. Dorman Long & Co. Ltd., contractors. [Ink and wash, scale 1:396 (i.e. 1" : 33'). Method of construction shewn, including travelling cranes on superstructure. (Drawn by Science Museum draughtsman)]

Engineering drawing Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction 1930

1930
Coloured black line print of drawing, (scale 1:8) of general arrangement of Great Central Railway 4-cylinder 4-6-0 passenger locomotive

Drawing, general arrangement, Great Central Railway 4-6-0 passenger locomotive

[Arrangement drawings (6) of ships Nos. 185 'Branksome Hall', 188 'Trentham Hall', 189 'Childwall Hall' / Harland & Wolff Ltd. 1875-1876. 6 sheets (on roll), line drawings, one with wash. Comprise rigging plan; steering gear; lines; general arrangement drawings]

Ships' technical drawings, for: 'Branksome Hall'; 'Trentham Hall'; and 'Childwall Hall'

1875-1876
Model (scale 1:8) of Great Northern Railway passenger locomotive, 8ft drivers, 776 class, with sectional drawing of engine and tender, nine negatives, shale ballast and brass half-sectioned cylinder head

Model of Great Northern Railway passenger locomotive

1895-1905
Engineering drawing of 12 ton crane for the Great Western Railway (GWR), 19 July 1854. Ink and wash on linen-backed tracing paper, scale 1" : 1'. Bears stamp of Great Western Railway Engineers Office, Paddington and 'set' number 30755; also W.H.P. for C.J., Fludyer St., Westminster.

Drawing of 12 ton crane for the Great Western Railway (GWR)

1854-07-19
Coloured sectional drawing of Tangye treble barrel plunger pump, 300ft. series

Coloured sectional drawing of Tangye treble barrel plunger pump

Copy engineering drawing of a 18" cylinder goods engine for the East Indian Railway Company, no date.. Line drawing with wash, scale 1 1/2" : 1'. Bears numbers 1960 and No.2.

Drawing of a 18" cylinder goods engine for the East Indian Railway Company

circa 1842-circa 1952
[Engineering drawing] Newcastle-Gateshead Bridge / [Mott, Hay & Anderson, civil engineers, Caxton St.,] Westminster. 1930 Jan. [Colour lithographed, scale 1/4":1'. Drawing No. NG106, cross sections. See also inv. no. 1992-79 (MSP 51)]

Engineering drawing Newcastle-Gateshead Bridge

1930
Technical drawing number ‘151445’, described as: ‘BASE PLATE’, for Met Office exhibition rocket sonde model, dummy, for demonstration, by Bristol Aerojet Ltd., Banwell, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, 1962-1964

Technical drawing number ‘151445’

1962-1964
Engineering drawing of Blackwall Bridge, Darlington, c. 1832. Ink and wash, scale 1" : 10'. Longitudinal section and cross section of abutment walls. Bridge was "finished 1832 Cost of £2000". Title should probably read Blackwell Bridge.

Blackwall Bridge, Darlington

circa 1832
Engineering drawing of the Forth Bridge showing sectional elevation of skewbacks showing diaphragms, 188-. Xerox copy, scale 1 : 24.

Forth Bridge, sectional elevation of skewbacks showing diaphragms...

1880-1889
Line drawing, partly with wash of 38 feet 6 inch bogie composite carriage for S.M. Railway [thought to be Southern Mahratta Railway, India] 2 July 1890, Scale 1" : 1'. Bears 'Tracing No.2713, Drawing No.589' and signature of C.P.Whitcombe, locomotive and carriage superintendent, S.M.Railway.

Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR) 38 feet 6 inch bogie composite carriage

1890-07-02
[Drawing of escapements for clocks] / Richd. Roberts. 1851. [Line drawing with colour wash. Shows 'Detached crank-escapement', 'Detached pin wheel escap[ement]', and one other. Bears name 'Richd. Roberts, Patentee, Globe Works, Manchester'. Relates to patent 12,207 of July 1848?]

Drawing of escapements for clocks

1851
Technical drawing number ‘151451’, described as: ‘ARMING PLUG’, and technical drawing number ‘151452’ described as: ‘SAFETY PLUG’, for Met Office exhibition rocket sonde model, dummy, for demonstration, by Bristol Aerojet Ltd., Banwell, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, 1962-1964

Technical drawing number ‘151451’

1962-1964
Technical drawing number ‘151446’, described as: ‘SWITCH BRACKET’, for Met Office exhibition rocket sonde model, dummy, for demonstration, by Bristol Aerojet Ltd., Banwell, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, 1962-1964

Technical drawing number ‘151446’

1962-1964
Lithographed drawing of Beardmore-caprotti locomotive valve gear

Lithographed drawing of locomotive valve gear

[Photo-reproduced line drawing] Pelton Wheel & Patent Oil Pressure Governor / Pitman, Cesar & Co. [ca.1916. The company were turbine manufacturers in Victoria Street, Westminster]

Photo-reproduced line drawing Pelton Wheel & Patent Oil Pressure Governor / Pitman

circa 1916
[Engineering drawing] Boilers for 1250 HP. 10 pieces. [1 sheet (on roll with others), line drawing, part with wash, 1 3/4 scale]

Engineering drawing Boilers for 1250 HP

1801-1900
Technical drawing number ‘151473’, described as: ‘SOCKET BRACKET’, for Met Office exhibition rocket sonde model, dummy, for demonstration, by Bristol Aerojet Ltd., Banwell, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, 1962-1964

Technical drawing number ‘151473’

1962-1964
Framed drawing (16½-inches x 2-foot 6-inches) of a compensation pendulum.

Frame drawing of compensation pendulum

1876
[Engineering drawing] Plunging pump. As used at the Thames Tunnel. 1825 Aug. [Line drawing, scale 1" : 8'. Bears stamp of Great Western Railways Engineer's Office, Paddington and number 31051. It was one of several lots in auction catalogue under group heading "I.K. Brunel's office drawings and sketches of machinery"]

Engineering drawing Plunging pump as used at the Thames Tunnel

1825
Engineering drawing of Switch Capstan, Lever and Crank Box, created by Great Western Railway, Engineers Office. Ink and wask, scale 1 1/2" : 1'. Bears stamp of Great Western Railway Engineers Office, Paddington and 'set' number 30348.

Drawing of Switch Capstan, Lever and Crank Box

1801-1900
[Engineering drawing: Gates Rock and Ore Breaker / Gates Iron Works, Chicago. Drawn by A.H. Alexander, 11 Nov 1887. Line drawing with wash, scale 3" : 1'. Accompanied by promotional booklet (40p., Dec. 1888 edition), and a sheet (32 x 47cm.) bearing an engraved sectional perspective view and a lengthy ts. explanation. The actual rock and ore breaker, inv. no. 1891-218, was disposed of in ca.1930]

Engineering drawing: Gates Rock and Ore Breaker

1887
[Engineering drawing] Plan & Section of two Sets of Pumps for Pumping Water out of Mines [1840? Ink and wash, scale 1/2" : 1'. Bears "Clark Sunderland 1840" in manuscript, and stamp of Great Western Railway Engineer's Office, Paddington and number 31051. Drawing shows Standing Set and Sinking Set. It was one of several lots entered in auction catalogue under group heading "I.K. Brunel's office drawings and sketches of machinery"]

Engineering drawing Plan & Section of two Sets of Pumps for Pumping Water out of Mines

circa 1840
Technical drawing number ‘151472’, described as: ‘MOUNTING BRACKET’, for Met Office exhibition rocket sonde model, dummy, for demonstration, by Bristol Aerojet Ltd., Banwell, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, 1962-1964

Technical drawing number ‘151472’

1962-1964
Tracing of design, 1 of 10, for four-cylinder petrol aero engine, designed by Sir Hiram Maxim, England, 1908-1909

Tracing of design for four-cylinder petrol aero engine

1908-1909
Great Western Railway general arrangement and detail drawing depicting hydraulic press for drawing piles used at Kennet Bridge near Reading, no date. Line drawing on paper, scale 2":1' & 3":1'. . Bears stamp of Great Western Railway, Engineer's Office, Paddington, and number 31051.

Hydraulic Press for drawing Piles used at Kennet Bridge

circa 1839-circa 1840
Engineering general arrangement drawing of Holt's Tandem System boilers, unsigned, British, 1850-1853

Engineering general arrangement drawing of Holt's Tandem System boilers

1850-1853
Technical drawing, for model of 'Simon Snorkel', hydraulic platform firefighting appliance, England, 1965

Technical drawing

1965
[Engineering drawing] Turret Mounting for [ship's] 12 inch gun. 1913. [Drawn by V.A.K. Ink and wash, scale 1 : 24]

Turret mounting for 12 inch gun

1913
Drawing, no.16188, smoke box and footplate views and cross sections of 4-6-4T Horwich-built locomotive

Drawing, no.16188

Engineering drawing, c. 1954, of the objective mirror assembly for a reflecting microscope designed by I. H. Ford and made using C. R. Burch's mirror figuring machine at Bristol (Inv. No. 1986-113)

Engineering drawing

circa 1954
[Engineering drawing] Plan of Pulverising Mill at Morwelham [nd. Ink and wash, scale 1/4" : 1'. One of a series of lots given the general heading in the auction catalogue of "I.K. Brunel's Office Drawings and Sketches of Machinery"]

Plan of Pulverising Mill at Morwelham

1801-1900
[Copy engineering drawing] Doppeltwirkender Zweitakt-Schiffs-Dieselmotor. Normal-Leistung: 3000 P.S.e. Umdrehungszahl: 120 in der Minute. System Hennig. Patente angemeldet. [Scale 1 : 25. ca.1890-1920]

Copy engineering drawing, Doppeltwirkender Zweitakt-Schiffs-Dieselmotor

1890-1920
Section drawing of William Gray's boiler, by William Gray, Hendon, London, England, 1872-1874

Section drawing of William Gray's boiler

1872-1874
Four enginering drawings for the machinery of the S.S. 'City of Dundee' built of steel 1890, possibly by James Howden & Co., British, 1890-1893

Four enginering drawings for the machinery of the S.S. 'City of Dundee' (1890)

1890-1893
Technical drawing number ‘151407’, described as: ‘NOSE SEPARATION SYSTEM’, for Met Office exhibition rocket sonde model, dummy, for demonstration, by Bristol Aerojet Ltd., Banwell, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, 1962-1964

Technical drawing number ‘151407’, described as: ‘NOSE SEPARATION SYSTEM', for Met Office exhibition rocket sonde model, dummy, for demonstration

1962-1964
Engineering drawing of London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) 4-coupled bogie tank engine by Thomas Whitelegg, dated 11 March 1907, ink and wash on paper, scale 1" : 1'. Bears stamp of Plaistow Works, No. 1434 and signature of Thomas Whitelegg. He was the LT&SR's Locomotive Carriage, Wagon and Marine Superintendent from 1879 to 1910.

Drawing of London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) 4-coupled bogie tank engine

1907-03-11
Drawing, no.16187, longitudinal section and plan of 4-6-4T Horwich-built locomotive

Drawing, no.16187

[Drawing] General arrangement of No.12 Tunnelling Machine / D. Whitaker, Union St, Leicester. [nd. Dyeline, scale 3/4" : 1']

Drawing, General arrangement of No.12 Tunnelling Machine

1901-2000
Technical drawing number ‘R.G. 2083’, described as: ‘FIN ATTACHMENT’, for Met Office exhibition rocket sonde model, dummy, for demonstration, by Bristol Aerojet Ltd., Banwell, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, 1962-1964

Technical drawing number ‘R.G. 2083’

1962-1964
Engineering drawing of the engines of S.S. 'Prometheus' (1886)

Engineering drawing of the engines of S.S. 'Prometheus' (1886)