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Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre ban

Civil Engineering

1813

LG Electronics microwave

Materials Science Gallery

2000

A balloon ascent, c 1790.

Penn-Gaskell Collection

1790-1810

Cigar Box, silver presentation cigar box presented to Charles A. Harrison to commemorate the completion of the West Arch, Sunderland High Level Bridge, North Eastern Railway, 14th December 1908, lid inscribed as such, diagram of bridge engraved on side. Dimensions: 10"x5"x4". 10 x 5 x 4 in.

silver presentation cigar box presented to charles harrison

Passenger Comforts

1908

Photovoltaic panel, 2003

Materials Science Gallery

2003

Hetton Colliery in the County of Durham

Robson of Shildon

1823

Working model, scale 1:10, of a five-cylinder Doxford opposed-piston marine oil engine, as fitted in the M.S. "Dominion Monarch" (1938), Doxford and Sunderland Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom

Working model of a Doxford marine oil engine in the M.S. 'Dominion Monarch'

Marine Engines

1938

Diesel electric rail crane, model R1210 made by Coles Cranes Ltd., Sunderland in 1955. To lift 12 1/2 tons. 30 foot jib.

Travelling diesel electric crane by Coles Crane Ltd

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1955

Pair of Goalkeeper gloves made by Nike (UK) Ltd.

Materials Science Gallery

1996

Safety lamp, Hann no.1, Stephenson type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: T. Errington, Sunderland, marking: makers name and Hann's patent no.1, -1881

Safety lamp, Hann no.1, Stephenson type, from the

Mining & Ore Dressing

Safety lamp, Hann no.6, Stephenson type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: T. Errington, Sunderland, marking: makers name and Hann's patent, -1880

Safety lamp, Hann no.6, Stephenson type, from the

Mining & Ore Dressing

Safety lamp, Hann no.5, Stephenson type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: T. Errington, Sunderland, marking: makers name and Hanns patent, 1868-1881 (glass missing)

Safety lamp, Hann no.5, Stephenson type, from the

Mining & Ore Dressing

Safety lamp, Hann, Boty type, by T. Errington, Sunderland, marking: makers name, 1868

Safety lamp, Hann, Boty type, by T. Errington, Sun

Mining & Ore Dressing

1868

Invitation to E.F. Wilkinson, from the North Eastern Railway Company, to attend the opening of the New Bridge over the River Wear by the Right Honourable The Earl of Durham K. G. Thursday June 10th, 1909. Issue by the NER and the Corporation of Sunderland.

Invitation to E.F. Wilkinson from the North Eastern Railway Company

Documents

1909

Menu, card, North Eastern Railway, "Opening of the New Bridge over the River Wear Luncheon" Printed by R. Youll, Sunderland, Thursday 10th June 1909.

opening of the new bridge over the river Wear

Documents

1909

Illuminated Address, Republique Francaise, Paris. Universal Exposition 1900, Gold Medal awarded to East Coast Railways - Great Northern, North Eastern & North. Designed & executed by Camille Boignard & Adrien Didier, printed by A. Porcabeuf, Paris.

republique francaise paris

Documents

1900

Table plan, "Opening of the New Bridge over the River Wear Luncheon", X in red marks seat. This copy is marked at table 70, Thursday June 10th 1909.

Opening of the New Bridge over the River Wear Luncheon

Documents

1909

Report of the Directors of the North Sunderland Railway Company giving the Accounts for 1938 and statistical returns, with breakdown of expenditure, passenger figures, engine mileage etc, 22 February 1939.

north sunderland railway directors report

Documents

1939

3 Tickets of Admission, 2 Invitations, 2 Programmes, for the opening of the New Bridge over the Wear, Sunderland, Thursday 10th June, 1909.

programmes and invitations to the opening of new bridge on the wear

Documents

1909