| Description | Written from 18 Duke Street, Westminster, London. The letter apologises but explains that the large crank shaft is expected to arrive imminently and wonders what is to be done with it. Brunel wonders whether it should be sent to either the Millwall ironworks of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company or the Thames Ironworks since it must be finished at the place to which it is sent and suggests that until a decision is made as to its final location, the shaft stay on the barge transporting it since this is likely to cost less than landing the shaft and then having to transport it somewhere else. |