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Ref NoDM1306/11/1/5/folio 312-313
TitleLetter from Richard Pilkington, for St Helens Ironworks, to Isambard Kingdom Brunel
DescriptionWritten from St Helens Ironworks, Lancashire. The letter comments that Pilkington has heard from various sources of the difficulty that Brunel is having in getting forgings of an intermediate shaft for his Great Eastern or Leviathan ship and promising, upon receipt of a sketch, to quote a price for supplying Brunel with a perfectly sound shaft.
Date12 December 1857
FormatManuscript volume
Extent2 pages
Access ConditionsThis material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access.
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