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Ref NoDM1306/11/1/6/folio 114a
TitleLetter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to the Managing Directors of the Great Ship Company
DescriptionThe letter informs the Directors that a proposed change has been made to add a bearing to the end of the screw shaft of the Great Eastern but this is an extra task, not included in the contract and schedules and gives the price that Watt & Co have tendered for the work. The letter also raises Brunel's recent questioning of whether to install a bilge pump to each of the boiler donkey engines and the prices that Watt & Co have given for the various parts of the work installing these pumps.
Date30 June 1859
FormatManuscript volume
Extent1 page
Access ConditionsThis material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access.
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