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Ref NoDM1306/11/1/5/folio 327-328
TitleLetter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to John Yates, secretary of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company
DescriptionWritten 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.
Date19 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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