Booklet: Extracts of letters from Captain Claxton R.N. to Isambard Kingdom Brunel regarding the salvage of ss Great Britain from Dundrum Bay. Dated 1847

Voyage box 7, item 39

1 black and white photocopy of a printed booklet: 'The Great Britain Steam Ship. Extracts from the Letters Cpt. Claxton, R.N., to I. K. Brunle, ESQ., and the Directors of the Great Western Steam Ship Company, Giving a Detailed Account of the Manner in which The Great Britain was First Protected Through the Winter of 1847 in and Afterwards Released from Dundrum Bay, with a Report from the Chairman to the Shareholders of the Company, and Copies of Documents Relating to the Breakwater, Moved for and Laid Before Parliament on the Motion of the Earl of Roden.' Dated 1847.

Original in SSGB collections: 1997.010. 'Published extracts of letters from Captain Claxton R.N. to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1847. Booklet gives a 'detailed account of the manner in which the Great Britain was first protected through the winter of 1847 in and afterwards released from Dundrum Bay' . Also includes report from Chairman of the Great Western Steam Ship Company to shareholders and copies of documents relating to the breakwater used to protect the ship. Booklet, printed, 75 pages. Front cover missing.See Inscriptions/Markings tab for transcript of title page.'

1 black and white photocopy of a printed booklet. 37 sheets in total.