Letter from John Penn to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Eastern Steam Navigation Company Letterbook 4.
Object numberDM1306/11/1/4/folio 122
TitleLetter from John Penn to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Eastern Steam Navigation Company Letterbook 4.
Creator John Penn (author)
DescriptionLetter from John Penn to Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Written from Lewisham. The letter offers to give Brunel any information he may require about using wooden bearings in his "Big Ship", confirms the excellence of wood bearings but warns that the bearing shaft should be lined with brass.
From Letterbook relating to the inception of the SS Great Eastern project for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, from October 1856 to July 1857. Containing copies of letters to and sometimes copies of letters from Isambard Kingdom Brunel regarding the running of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company and the building of the S.S. Great Eastern. Letters indexed by date, by addressee, and by sender. Also includes reports and minutes of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. 1 large quarto volume with spines lettered 'E.S.N. Compy Report Book 1856-7 IV'.
Production date 1857-01-12 - 1857-01-12
Object nameletter
Object categorycorrespondence
Materialpaper
Techniquehand-written
Dimensions
- height: 320 mm
width: 220 mm
depth: 55 mm
Credit lineBy Courtesy of the Brunel Institute – a collaboration of the ss Great Britain Trust and the University of Bristol