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Ref NoDM162/8/1/3/GWR Sketchbook 1836
Alt Ref NoDM1306/II.7
TitleGWR Sketchbook 1836
Descriptionff.1-3 Cuttings 1, 2, 3: cross sections, 23 January 1836
f.4 Box Tunnel Mouth
f.5 Bristol end 1b: cross sections
ff.6-7 Tunnel B, with section th...
f.8 Dr Fox's Railway Bridge
f.9 Retaining Wall
ff.10-17 Maidenhead Bridge, 26 February-8 March 1836
f.18 Bridge over ---
ff. 19-22 Skew Bridge over no. 2B
f. 23 Bridge over square [?], nos. 2 and 3B
ff.24-25 Cutting: cutting 2B
ff.26-27 Bridge over ---Gate, with details, 31 March 1836
[See Brindle and Tucker, March 2011, DM2291/1, p205-214. Possibly Cross Post Gate Bridge, Version 1 of 1836, Newton St Loe, near Bath, Somerset]
f.28 --- Mill occupation road bridge
f.29 [calculations]
ff.30-32 No. 7, embankments and cuttings
f.33 8L no.1 embankment
f.34 Kennet River Bridge
f.35 Cutting
ff.36-37 Rails, 10 August 1836
f.38 Box Tunnel: plans, section, 2 September 1836
f.39 Viaduct
f.40 Carriages, 12 October 1836
f.41 Depot, 13 October 1836
f.42 Carriages: suspension
ff.43-45 Rails, 18 November 1836
f.46 Carriages, 19 November 1836
ff.47-48 Depot [Paddington]: plans, 19 December 1836
f.49 [Paddington]: plans, elevations
ff.50-51 Feeder Bridge [Bristol], 22 December 1836
f.52 Tunnel Mouth 4B, Twerton: plan, 26 December 1836
ff.53-54 Float Bridge [Bristol?], with details, 5B, 27 December 1836
f.55 Carriages, 27 December 1836
f.56 Float Bridge 5B: dimensions
ff.57-61 No. 1C: cuttings 1, 2, embankment, aqueduct, 16 February 1837
[See Brindle and Tucker, March 2011, DM2291/1, p167-171, for additional work on this aqueduct at Corsham in Wiltshire]
f.62 No. 9L: Hanger Hill: general cross-section, 5 February 1837
ff.63-63 Road and track layout: Paddington [numbering may be incorrect]
ff.68-69 Basildon Bridge, Clifton, 26 March 1837
f.70 --- Frame: Maidenhead Embankment, Clifton, 26 March 1837
f.71 Water culvert: London Terminus, Harrow Road, 13 April 1837
f.72 Carriage axles
f.73 Air springs, 23 April 1837
f.74 Float Bridge, [Bristol?]
ff.74b-75 Black Lion Lane, 26 April 1837
ff.76-79 Black Lion Lane Bridge, Paddington Terminus, 18 May 1837
f.80 Carriage springs
f.81 Buffer: connecting springs, 20 May 1837
f.82 Carriages, 26 May 1837
f.83-84 Engines: apparatus for trying, 28 May 1837
f.85 --- steam escape, 1 June 1837
ff.86-88 [unidentified]
ff.88-89 Suspension: springs
ff.90-91 [unidentified]
f.92 Viaduct?
Please note that this volume is in the process of being recatalogued.
Date1836-1837
FormatManuscript volume
Extent1 volume (92 pages)
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