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Volume 1

Australia, Victoria Lot 110 1870-1880

Scope and Contents

Board of Land and Works: Contracts and Specifications, printed on drafts and manuscripts.
Volume 2

Australia, Victoria Lot 111 1853-1884

Scope and Contents

Original drawings, plans, statements, etc. relating to railways.
Volume 3

Autograph letters Lot 113 1812-1865

Scope and Contents

Collection of autograph letters signed, including one each from George Stephenson, Robert Stephenson, James Watt, etc., lists of proprietors of lands on the sites of railroads, and various other documents (more numerous than the letters).
Volume 4, Volume 5

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Lot 147

Scope and Contents

Letterbook, 2 volumes, indexed. Also includes copies of minutes and resolutions of various meetings of Boards, etc., for whom Brunel was working as engineer; subjects include docks, bridges, etc. as well as railways.
Volume 6

Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland Lot 229 1849

Scope and Contents

List of shareholders on the railway from Cork to Dublin.
Volume 7

Indian railways Lot 254 1845-1847

Scope and Contents

Manuscript journal of the construction of Indian railways, with about fifty letters from the Superintendent of Works, John H. Duncan, to the gentlemen of the East India Railway Company.
Volume 8

Ireland Lot 256

Scope and Contents

Valuation of the engine stock of the Midland Great Western Railway Company of Ireland, as of 30 November 1853.
Volume 9

Leeds and Bradford Railway Lot 277 1849

Scope and Contents

Articles of agreement for purchase of a piece of land from Edward Hudson.
Volume 10

Norwich and Spalding Railway Lot 343 1852, December 11

Scope and Contents

Indenture of agreement, establishing the railway, with subscribers' signatures.
Volume 11

Original tracings Lot 346 1830

Scope and Contents

Collection of 75 tracings, blueprints, etc. of locomotive parts, machinery, etc. Includes Robert Stephenson's engine Planet no. 10.
Volume 12

Paris and Rouen Railway Lot 356 1841

Scope and Contents

Specification for the building of a bridge over the Seine at Maisons, French and English.
Volume 13

[Rennie, Sir John] Lot 397 circa 1837

Scope and Contents

Book of reference of a portion of the projected line of the Northern Railway from London to Cambridge, containing names of owners and occupiers of property to be taken under authority of an Act for making a railroad from London to Cromford.
Volume 14

Scottish Railways Lot 422 1835-1845

Scope and Contents

Collection of manuscript agreements, etc.
Volume 15

Sopwith, Thomas Lot 430 1843-1869

Scope and Contents

Manuscript journal, with notes on railways, mines, etc., indexed sections at top.
Volume 16

Southampton Manchester and Oxford Junction Railway Lot 432 1845

Scope and Contents

Indenture of agreement establishing the railway, with subscribers' signatures.
Volume 17

Stephenson, Robert Lot 449 1838-1840

Scope and Contents

Original water-color drawings, for bridges and other works to be constructed, mostly on London and Birmingham Railway. Includes some 14 lithographs, some of the drawings, some of the originals elsewhere. Note: This has been catalogued as a Rare Book, and has Rare Book call number 10030. It was transferred to the Manuscripts Department in 1929.