| Ref No | DM1306/11/1/5/folio 327-328 |
| Title | Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to John Yates, secretary of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company |
| Description | Written from Millwall, London. The letter explains the arrangements that Brunel has made with Mr Hepworth and Mr Dickson, foremen at the Eastern Steam Navigation Company's shipyard at Millwall, to employ just enough men to allow the work to go on steadily and to have the work on the the pile driving for the launching ways done by a gang of labourers organised by Solomon Tredwell and asks for Yates' help with the administration. |
| Date | 19 December 1857 |
| Format | Manuscript volume |
| Extent | 2 pages |
| Access Conditions | This material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access. |