List of papers and books connected to the various works of Sir Marc Brunel - no date
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Object number2014.03176
TitleList of papers and books connected to the various works of Sir Marc Brunel - no date
DescriptionList of papers and books on the various works of Sir Marc Brunel.
List/inventory titled 'Papers &c on Various works - Sir I. Brunel.' It spans works from the 1800s to 1840s, and includes mention of letters, diaries, journals, and other papers. They range from 'proposal for Water works at Paris', block machinery patents, Portsmouth sawmills, canals, suggestion for a necropolis for London, docks, bridges, landing place at Liverpool, Chester Bridge [?], steam vessels, copying machine, a railway between Newcastle and Carlisle, and more, as well as a number of items that seem to relate to the Thames Tunnel, such as river reports, shift books and bulletins. Includes correspondence between or from people other than Marc Brunel, such as Vignolles and the French government.
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- height: 250 mm
width: 104 mm
width: 206 mm
Credit line“Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Clive Richards OBE DL and allocated to the ss Great Britain Trust, 2017”