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

Telecommunications

1857-1858

Replica common press

Printing & Writing

1976

Quinn

Art

1911-1940
Printing accessory, ink knife, from the common press (object number Y1977.6).

Common press ink knife

Printing & Writing

1976
Locomotive Worksplate, "Canada Works, Birkenhead No. 101, 1859", white letters on black, cast iron, ornate shape, London Chatham & Dover Railway 4-4-0 Tiger Class No. 6 "Stork", rebuilt as a 2-4-0, withdrawn April 1898.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1859
Bottle of spigelia pills, by Thompson and Capper, English

Bottle of spigelia pills, by Thompson and Capper,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Mersey Railway booklet instruction to the lift department to be observed in connection with the hydraulic and electrical working. Dated 1911. Printed by E. Griffith and Son Ltd.

Mersey Railway instruction to the lift department

Documents

1911
Colour print. "Final Farewell" by J W Petrie. A Day to Remember - Sunday 11 August 1968. Britannia Class 4-6-2 Locomotive No 70013 "Oliver Cromwell" heading the "15 Guinea Special" through Dent (the last steam train on British Railways). Published by Rostance's Limited of Birkenhead. 1969.

Final Farewell

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1969
Print. Between Duties at Birkenhead by V Welch. Green liveried diesels at Birkenhead Shed, c1970. 320x 420mm. Copyright: V Welch.

between duties at birkenhead

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1965-1975