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North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Diesel electric locomotive No D21 named Hexhamshire

1933

Circular D20 Tank Capacity (Imperial) ready reckoner calculator in plastic sleeve by Fearn Calculators limited

1965-1975

Powder coated blue bottle by Akzo Nobel, 2000

2000

Thirsk Races Excursions to Darlington and Thirsk

1926

Patterson safety lamp

1934

LG Electronics microwave

2000

Chromoscan, model 201, by Joyce-Loebl Limited, 1980-1990

1980-1990

Photovoltaic panel, 2003

2003

Whitley Bay

1992

whitley bay

1992

Chapman & Furneaux worksplate

1898

Prison record sheet

1873

Circular A62 purchase discount ready reckoner calculator in plastic sleeve by Fearn Calculators limited

1965-1975

Joyce Chromoscan

Powder coated green, heart-shaped bottle, by Akzo Nobel, 2000

2000

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway notice

1845

Davy Safety Lamp for Gas Testing, 1887-1897

1887-1897

Model of "Cyclops" type multitubular vertical boiler

1898-1903

Whitley Bay

1992

Whitley Bay

1992

Timmy the cat, guardian of Mr Brown's prize Budgerigars

1954-05-02

Model of Raymond Bowl Mill (vertical mill for pulverising coal)

Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern, Railway, 2139, Gateshead Works 1902", iron, oval, ex NER Class P1, from 1923 LNER 0-6-0, Class J25, No. 2139, from 1946, No. 5724, BR No. 65724, withdrawn November 1949.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead worksplate

1902

Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern, Railway, 2126, Gateshead Works 1902", iron, oval, ex NER Class P1, from 1923 LNER 0-6-0 Class J25, No. 2126, 1946 No. 5715, withdrawn March 1949.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead worksplate

1902

Tender plate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway, 8148, Gateshead Works 1895", brass, oval, ex 0-6-0 Class J24.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead tender plate

1895

Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern, Railway, 62359, Gateshead Works 1900", brass, oval, ex NER 4-4-0, 1923 LNER No. 2030, 1946 No. 2359, BR No. 62359, withdrawn October 1955.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead worksplate

1900

Tender plate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway, 8442, Gateshead Works 1906", brass, oval, ex 0-6-0, Class J26.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead tender plate

1906

Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern, Railway, 432, Gateshead Works, 1890", iron, oval, ex 0-6-0, Class J21, 1923 LNER No. 432, 1946 No. 5058, withdrawn November 1949.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead worksplate

1890

Steam locomotive and tender, North Eastern Railway, 4-4-0 No.1621, designed by Wilson Worsdell, built at Gateshead in 1893, withdrawn in 1945.

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 1621

1893

Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway 62360 Rebuilt Darlington Works 1942", cast brass, oval, D20 4-4-0 North Eastern Railway, renumbered 2101 in 1923, 2360 in 1946, British Railways 62360, withdrawn October 1956.

Locomotive worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway

1900

Tender plate, LNER, "London & North Eastern, Railway, 8089, Gateshead Works 1892", brass, oval, ex 0-6-0 Class J21.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead tender plate

1892

Tender plate, LNER, "London & North Eastern, Railway, 8047, Gateshead Works 1891", brass, oval, ex 0-6-0 Class J21.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead tender plate

1891

Tender plate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway, 8096, Gateshead Works 1894", brass, oval, ex 0-6-0 Class J21.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead tender plate

1894

Tender plate, LNER, "London & North Eastern, Railway, 8134, Gateshead Works 1890", brass, oval, ex 0-6-0 Class J24.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead tender plate

1890

Tender plate, LNER, "London & North Eastern, Railway, 8063, Gateshead Works 1891", brass, oval, ex 0-6-0 Class J21.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead tender plate

1891

Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern, Railway, 8091, Gateshead Works 1890", brass, oval, ex NER 0-4-0T, Class K, No. 560, LNER No. 560/8091, from May 1946 reclassified Class Y8, withdrawn June 1954 and transferred to Departmental Stock, No. 55, withdrawn November 1956.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead worksplate

1890

Replica section of arch as used in Gateshead Millennium Footbridge (1997-2001) designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects of Bolton and engineers Gifford and Partners. Made by Harbour & General, who started work in May 1999. Opened to the public on 17 September 2001, it was the first opening bridge to be built across the River Tyne for more than 100 years. The £22 million bridge provides a footpath and cycle-way. Watson Steel, Bolton (fabricators)

Gateshead Millennium Bridge

1997-2001

Ceiling tiles which contain recycled telephone books, 1996. Made by Armstrong World Industries.

Ceiling tiles which contain recycled telephone books

1996

Tender plate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway, 8119, Gateshead Works 1890", brass, oval, ex 0-6-0 Class J21.

London & North Eastern Railway Gateshead tender plate

1890

Locomotive Worksplate, "Chapman & Furneaux No. 1203, successors to Black, Hawthorn & Co Limited, April 1901 , Gateshead-on-Tyne", brass, oval, 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive outside cylinder, supplied new to John Bowes & Partners Ltd, Felling Colliery, Co. Durham, as Felling No. 1, c.March 1932 to Bowes Railway Springwell Bank Foot, nameplates removed November 1934, moved between Springwell Bank Foot & Marley Hill, loaned to Bedlington Coal Co Ltd November 1942-August 1944, lastly to Springwell Bank Foot, scrapped October 1946.

Locomotive worksplate

1901

Model demonstrating the two-cylinder, cross conected, opposed piston system of the Fullagar patented oil engine, by Fullagar Engine Limited, Gateshead, England, 1916-1924

Sectional working model of Fullagar Internal Combustion Engine

1916-1924

[Printed trade cards (2)] / Thomas Horner, patent chain manufacturer, Gateshead upon Tyne. [ca.1830. Bears 'Table [shewing] the Proportion of Chain, when substituted for Rope, with the Proof Strain put on each Size'. Part A 1516/8 of the Goodrich archive]

Thomas Horner

circa 1830

Notice, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, Carlisle Races and Wrestling, Special Train from Newcastle, 28 June 1848, black text on white background, printed by William Douglas, Observer Office, Newcastle, stuck to card.

Carlisle Races and Wrestling

1848

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway notice advertising tickets for one fare to Newcastle Races, for the 23rd and 24th June. Issued by order of John Adamson

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway notice advertising tickets for one fare to Newcastle Races

1847

Safety lamp, Ayton no.1, Davy type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1886, maker: J. Abbot and Co. Ltd., Gateshead, marking: makers name and Aytons Improved no.1 safety, -1881

Safety lamp

Safety lamp, Davy in case no.5, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: J. Abbot and Co., Gateshead, marking: makers name, 1865-1883

Safety lamp

1865-1883