| Description | DM162/10/12/folio 282. Letter relating to the launching cost of the Great Eastern Steamship. 21 January 1856.
DM162/10/12/folio 282. Letter relating to the Great Eastern steamship. Launching costs including cradles, excavation, concrete, timber, labour etc., 14 May 1856.
DM162/10/12/folio 283. Letter relating to the launching costs of the Great Eastern steamship. 16 May 1856.
DM162/10/12/folio 283. Letter to G. W. Bull relating to the Great Eastern steamship. Delay in progress of ship due to contractor's financial difficulties, recommencement of work but postponement of launching, completion of plans for latter, probability of lowering ship into low water and floating off, sideways. 26 May 1856. [See also DM1306/11/1/3/folio 262]
DM162/10/12/folio 283. Letter to the Directors [of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company] relating to the Great Eastern steamship. Launching plans matured, preparation of drawings and models, etc., required. 13 October 1856.
DM162/162/10/12/ folio 284. Letter to John Scott Russell relating to the Great Eastern Steamship. Inability to allow launching to remain unsettled, requirement of determination of plans and commencement, works not proceeding properly, [Not sent due to matters anxiously occupying Russell's attention, no wish to add to his troubles but kept as memo of opinion]. 20 November 1855.
DM162/162/10/12/ folio 284. Letter from John Scott Russell to Isambard Kingdom Brunel relating to the Great Eastern Steamship. Thorough consideration of launching with Shepworth?, intention of showing Brunel position of matter. 4 December 1855. [Possibly see also DM1306/11/1/3/folio 17-18.]
DM162/10/12/folio 284. Letter to the Directors [of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company] relating to the Great Eastern Steamship. Report including practicability of launching if advisable, no desire to suggest postponement, no wish to be supposed to advise launch till ship and engines in more advanced state. 1 July 1857. [See also DM1306/11/1/4/folio 461-463]. |