| Description | Three memoranda by Isambard Kingdom Brunel relating to the Great Eastern steamship:
Memorandum dated 21 January 1856 concerning steam escape experiments and launching. Includes one sketch.
Memorandum dated 1 September 1856 concerning works in progress and ordered to proceed, hull, stern, deck beams, cargo ports, rudder, screw engine sleepers, boilers, paddle engines, paddle wheels, paddle boxes, screw, traveller, and drawings;
Memorandum dated 27 September 1856 concerning arrangements made by Brunel on his visit to the works, rigging model, paddle shafts, screw propellor, paddle engine boilers, rudder, paddle boxes, table plate for paddle shafts, arches over boiler rooms, details of machinery, deck planting, and drawings. Includes one sketch. |