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DM1306 - Brunel Collection
11 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the SS Great Eastern
3 - 'Eastern Steam Navigation Papers'
1 - 'Eastern Steam Navigation Papers'
Ref No
DM1306/11/3/1/17-20
Title
Poop Deck: Estimate for all materials and labour including ironwork in bulwarks, bulkheads, deck beams, decks, skylights, handrails, scuttles and painting for the poop without internal fittings
Description
The estimate includes quantities of individual loads of ironwork with their dimensions and weights and purposes as well as the cost of each set of ironwork, the sub-total of each page and the total cost of the ironwork. There are also estimates for other tasks and materials, including the deck planking and associated materials, the teak cauts (?) for mortice handrail, the poop deck handrails, the teak for the skylights and steering bouses and labour for making and fixing the skylights, brass gratings as guards over the skylights, the scuttles, linc (?) for the saloon and state room ceilings, plate glass for the skylights and for the steps and handrails up to the poop deck and down to the steering platforms.
Date
nd
Format
Manuscript
Extent
4 sheets
Access Conditions
This material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access.
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