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Graphite Electrode

Graphite Electrode

2022
Carding engine, 1800-1830

Carding engine, 1800-1830

1800-1830
Section of pot roof (in two cases) from William Strutt's Cruciform building at Berby Mill, Milford, 1793.

section of pot roof

1793
Purlin Wall Plate from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Purlin Wall Plate

1832
Short Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Short Metal Rod

1832
Long Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Long Metal Rod

1832
Short Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Short Metal Rod

1832
Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832
Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832
Tie from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Tie

1832
Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832
Original gas-pipe.

Original gas-pipe

1793
Beam from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Beam

1832
Original socket.

Original socket

1793
Beam from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Beam

1832
Tie from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Tie

1832
Box of bolts, wedges and jack arch springing special bricks and floor tiles. From 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Box of bolts, wedges and jack arch springing special bricks and floor tiles

1832
Original spigot.

Original spigot

1793
Rafter from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Rafter

1832
Roof Tie from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Roof Tie

1832
Purlin Wall Plates, Long and Short Metal Rods, from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Purlin Wall Plates, Long and Short Metal Rods

1832
Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832
Tie from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Tie

1832
Long Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Long Metal Rod

1832
Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832
Purlin Wall Plate from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Purlin Wall Plate

1832
From the Old Mill (c.1793): Complete double ventilating slide.

Complete double ventilating slide

1793
From the Old Mill (c.1793): Centrifugal fan for ventilating lavatories.

Centrifugal fan for ventilating lavatories

1793
One large cobble stone, reinforced by iron in grooves from the yard outside William Strutt's Cruciform building at Berby Mill, Milford, 1793.

one large cobble stone, reinforced by iron in grooves from outside the Cruciform building

1793
engineering apprentice; Derby Carriage & Wagon Works; LMS Research Department; British Rail Research Department; observer (technical assistant); Head of Security; childhood; family; school; apprenticeship; mechanical engineering degree; Derby Technical College, day release training, 1940; LMS Research Department; LMS Research Department during Second World War; Loach; Newberry; Hoskins; Warlow-Davies; Baldwin; origin of jobs; staff relations; stress concentrations; staff structure in Research Department; promotion; effect of nationalisation; working conditions; collaboration between research laboratories of other former railway companies; career progress; hobbies; degree in electrical engineering; promotion, John Littlewood; specialisation in security, from c. 1960; Chief Constable of British Transport Police; Henry Pearce; interlocking doors; Head of Security Section, c.1970; Railway Pension Fund Art Collection; asbestos, reaction to risk; tobacco freight security; tobacco freight; locks on vans; patents; fiddling on the ferry; radiator fire, Birmingham New Street; withdrawl of British Transport finance from Research Department security work; retirement, 1982; interests family; daughters; experiences, visibility tests, Collingham; viaducts; water balance on canal, Ruabon; test locomotives. d.o.b. 1919-07-04, railway work 1935-1982, London; Hastings; Lewisham;

Maskery, Cyril

2000-11-15
One factory window from William Strutt's Cruciform building at Berby Mill, Milford, 1793.

Factory window from the Cruciform building

1793
Dove Tail Box

Dove Tail Box

1832
Part section of 1832 Dye House ironwork from Strutt complex at Milford, with earliest bolted column/beam building connections found (1977) - 5 beams, 7 columns, 3 column ties, 1 roof tie, one main rafter (timber), section of purlin wallplate dovetail box, bolts and wedges, samples of jack arch springing special bricks and floor tiles.

Part section of 1832 Dye House ironwork from Strutt complex at Milford

1832
Beam from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Beam

1832
Purlin Wall Plate from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Purlin Wall Plate

1832
Purlin Wall Plate from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Purlin Wall Plate

1832
Long Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Long Metal Rod

1832
Long Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Long Metal Rod

1832
Long Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Long Metal Rod

1832
Purlin Wall Plate from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Purlin Wall Plate

1832
Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832
Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832
Beam from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Beam

1832
Pallet of components from 1832 Dye House ironwork from Strutt complex at Milford. Includes two metal beams. Pallet also contains box of stone bricks and tiles and metal components.

Purlin Wall Plates, Metal Rod, Box of Components

1832
Beam from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Beam

1832
Pallet of components from 1832 Dye House ironwork from Strutt complex at Milford. Includes wooden and metal pieces.

Columns, Ties, Beams, Rafter and Roof Tie

1832
Ironwork from William Strutt's (1756-1830) Cotton Mills (South Mill) at Belper, Derbyshire, 1811-12, (two columns, one beam, three tie-rods). Strutt set about finding an answer to the problem of timber-floored buildings; his mill was the most technically advanced building of its time, incorporating an iron frame and brick arches to make it 'fire proof'.

Ironwork from Wm. Strutt's cotton mills

1811-1812
Cotton feed box, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830

Cotton feed box from the carding engine

1800-1830
Card Flat, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830

Card flat from the carding engine

1800-1830
Waste collection box, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830

Waste collection box from the carding engine

1800-1830