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Horse-drawn road sweeper

Horse-drawn road sweeper

1912
Grandfather Clock, North Eastern Railway, by Humphreys of Barnard Castle from Lartington Station.

Grandfather Clock, North Eastern Railway

c.1861
Wall clock (long-cased), North Eastern Railway, from Barnard Castle Station Booking Hall. Wooden case with fan-shaped decoration under face. Brass plate: 'This is a genuine Master Humphrey's clock. A product of the skill of the Barnard Castle clockmaker immortalised by Charles Dickens.'

Wall clock, North Eastern Railway - Barnard Castle Station Booking Station

Wall clock (long-cased), North Eastern Railway, "B. Railton, Barnard Castle". Wooden case, Roman face.

Long cased wall clock, North Eastern Railway

This Horse-drawn road sweeper was built in around 1912 by William Smith & Sons in Barnard Castle, Durham. This one-horse machine has two wheels with a basic axle and frame design including a column seat fixed between the wheels, a hand lever controlling the clutch and gear system, and a chain driven roller brush system. As the wheels of the machine turned with the horse’s movement, the chain drive would turn the brushes along the floor below the axle and drivers’ seat between the wheels. The horse was directly via a pair of leather reins.

Horse-drawn road sweeper

1912
Two brush sections from Horse-drawn road sweeper, c. 1912. Made by William Smith & Sons, Barnard Castle

Brush Sections from Horse-drawn Road Sweeper

1912
Leaflet, paper, T'Gurt Railway Jubilee - My Prisence & Harty Approvil by T'Licend Hawker (pseudonym), Teesdale, printed by R.W. Atkinson, Gas Printing Works, Barnard Castle, 1875. Satire on the NER's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.

T'Gurt Railway Jubilee

1875
Programme of the procession and fireworks at Barnard Castle, by the Darlington & Barnard Castle Railway Company, 8 July 1856.

Programme of the procession and fireworks at Barnard Castleprogramme

1856