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Ref No	DM1306/11/1/1/folio 435
Title	Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Henry Wollaston Blake
Description	Written from 18 Duke Street, London. The letter requests Blake alter the arrangement of the boilers, placing them back to back rather than having central stoking, because Brunel is unable to configure the cabins and saloons around the central boiler stoking. Brunel suggests an arrangement of ventilating and lighting shafts that will not interfere with Brunel's cabin arrangements but may also serve as large coal shafts for topping up the coal bunkers after the main load has been tipped in. Brunel also asks when he can see the drawings of the engines. The page has been hand numbered and the verso (Folio 436) is blank.
Date	27 March 1855
Format	Manuscript volume
Extent	1 page
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Access Conditions	This material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access.

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