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Ref No	DM1306/11/1/2/folio 382-384
Title	Letter from William Rodgers to Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Description	Written from 9 Stanfield Street, Kings Road, Chelsea. The letter sends Brunel a complete working drawing of Rodgers' patent double concave small palmed anchor and discusses some of the features of the design as well as the specific intended mode of construction and Rodgers' preparation of parts for various sizes of anchor and for different manufacturers, including anchor smiths, forgemen and jobbing smiths that allow different levels of specialised worker to work on his plans for the anchors and create a systematic finished piece.
Date	5 November 1855
Format	Manuscript volume
Extent	3 pages
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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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