Description | Manuscript copy of an award relating to a dispute over the contract between the Great Ship Company and John Scott Russell for work on the SS Great Eastern. The award lists work to be done and parts required for the ship under two headings, 'Iron work of Ship' and 'Masts' noting whether each item in the list forms part of the contract. Items mentioned include keys on hooks for shrouds, steam winches and cranes, caulking upper deck, timber flooring, manhole doors and ventilators.
A copy of this document, in a different hand, is catalogued as DM1306/11/16/3. |