| Description | Bound volume of documents:
DM162/2/1: Paper on the construction of arches read on behalf of Marc Isambard Brunel at a meeting of the Society of Civil Engineers, 4 sheets;
DM162/2/2: Draft report by Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company concerning the flooding of the tunnel the previous night, 19 May 1827, 3 sheets;
DM162/2/3: Letter from Richard Beamish to Marc Isambard Brunel reporting on the state of the shield frames in the East arch of the Thames Tunnel following the flooding, 27 June 1827, 1 sheet, with applied seal; endorsed in the hand of Sir Marc Brunel;
DM162/2/4: Extract from minutes: resolution of the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company to give public testimony to the courage of Isambard Kingdom Brunel when the Thames broke into the tunnel on the 12th inst, 15 January 1828, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/5: Draft report by Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company on the state of the tunnel after the accident, measures adopted to remedy it and possible precautions to prevent further accidents, 28/29 January 1828, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/6: Report by the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company to the Special Assembly of Proprietors concerning the accident, incorporating Marc Isambard Brunel's report, 29 January 1828. Printed, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/7: List of plans sent by Marc Isambard Brunel to the Thames Tunnel Company concerning the construction of the tunnel, 28 February 1828, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/8: Extract from minutes: resolution of the Company that the tunnel be completed in accordance with Brunel's plans, 22 June 1830, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/9: Letter from Richard Beamish to Marc Isambard Brunel on the suggested use of tarpaulins or flexible coverings for the safety of the tunnel works, 10 February 1828, 2 sheets with applied black wax seal;
DM162/2/10: Draft report by Marc Isambard Brunel, presumably to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company on the many plans proposed to him for remedying the tunnel damage, 26 February 1828, 2 sheets;
DM162/2/11: Draft letter from Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company on the construction and management of other tunnels, 31 March 1828, Birmingham, 4 sheets;
DM162/2/12: Draft report by Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company on the state of the tunnel after the accident, on the shield and the work proceeding, 6 May 1828, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/13: Report by Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company on past operations, present state, and future plan of proceeding with the tunnel, 3/10 June 1828, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/14: Letter from Edward R. Daniell, Secretary of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, to Isambard Kingdom Brunel thanking him for diagrams and models illustrating the state of the Thames Tunnel, 7 July 1828, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/15: Leaflet about the Thames Tunnel. Printed. Describes its progress, advantages, and cost. [Overwritten and amended by Marc Isambard Brunel?], 1 sheet;
DM162/2/16: Letter from Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company concerning measures to lessen the cost of the tunnel, in reply to their letter of the 7th April and referring them to his report of the 15th April 1828, 10 April 1829, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/17: 2 letters (7 sheets in total) these letters probably were copied at the same time, detailed reading is needed to understand them,
Letter from GH Wollaston to Mr Brunton on the general affairs of the tunnel and the effectiveness of the shield, the new shield etc. Copy, 22/23/29 July 1829, with sketches, 4 sheets;
Letter from GH Wollaston to [William?] Brunton suggesting methods of building the tunnel and criticising Marc Isambard Brunel's proposals. Copy, 26 June 1829, 3 sheets;
DM162/2/18: Draft report. [Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company] on discontinuation of night work in the tunnel, discharge of some workmen, blocking of the shield and return of Isambard Kingdom Brunel to the tunnel works. [Incomplete], 29 July 1828;
DM162/2/19: Letter from Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company outlining the financial history of the Company, the possibilities which had existed of further Government help and heavily criticising the Chairman, William Smith. Copy, 8 August 1831;
DM162/2/20: Letter from Thomas Webster, of the Council of the Institution of Engineers to Marc Isambard Brunel requesting a description of the tunnel shield, 14 July 1837, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/21 : Draft letter from Marc Isambard Brunel to the Duke of Wellington stating his personal position as regards the Thames Tunnel and including some of his own history and inventions since he came to England, 2 sheets;
DM162/2/22: Letter from Richard Beamish to Marc Isambard Brunel requesting sketches and illustrations of the work of the tunnel concerning the publication of Strickland's work, 19 February 1837, with applied red seal, 1 sheet, postmarked 21 February 1837, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/23: Letter from John Weale, publisher of Strickland's book on the public works of Great Britain to [Marc Isambard Brunel] requesting sketches of the tunnel, 27 February 1837, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/24: Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Mr Donkin on the designs of the brick arches of the tunnel and on the difficulties of having contractual agreements with the Company, copy letter, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/25: Letter from John Williams to Isambard Kingdom Brunel enclosing [not enclosed] part of his work on bridges, vaults, and arches and requesting on Mr Cresy's, the editor's, behalf drawings of the Thames Tunnel, 8 April 1839, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/26: Letter from John Williams to Marc Isambard Brunel thanking him for his favourable opinion on his treatise and that Cresy's draftsman has been instructed to make drawings of the tunnel, 17 April 1839,1 sheet;
DM162/2/27: Draft report [by Marc Isambard Brunel?] on the many plans received for the construction of the tunnel and pointing out that the water which seeps into it is from subterraneous sources and not from the river, 2 sheets;
DM162/2/28: Annual Report by Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company on the progress, state, and difficulties of the tunnel works, 17 February 1841, 3 sheets;
DM162/2/29: Draft report by Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company on the work remaining to be done to open a footway through the tunnel, sinking of the shaft, and care taken to avoid accidents, 9 June 1841, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/30: Draft report by Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company, 16 June 1841, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/31: Letter from Marc Isambard Brunel to the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company concerning the stairs to the tunnel, the shield, and models of the tunnel, 30 March 1842, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/32: Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Marc Isambard Brunel concerning Mr Blunt's request for a view of a section of the tunnel and the possibility of Marc Isambard Brunel publishing something himself, 27 July 1842, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/33: Letter from Thomas Page to Marc Isambard Brunel concerning the tunnel engines and pump, 23 September 1843, 1 sheet;
DM162/2/34: Letter from Henry Law to Marc Isambard Brunel concerning reprints of a letter by the latter, a pocket book which Brunel had requested and the work at the tunnel, 17 October 1843;
DM162/2/35: Extract from minutes: resolution by J. Charlier, Clerk to the Works of the Thames Tunnel Company congratulating Marc Isambard Brunel upon the completion of the tunnel, 5 March 1844, 1 sheet. |