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Expand 1 - Papers relating to the Thames Tunnel1 - Papers relating to the Thames Tunnel
Expand 2 - Personal papers and sketch books of Isambard Kingdom Brunel2 - Personal papers and sketch books of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Expand 3 - Great Western Railway papers3 - Great Western Railway papers
Expand 4 - Atmospheric railways4 - Atmospheric railways
Expand 5 - Miscellaneous papers5 - Miscellaneous papers
Expand 6 - Letters from Isambard Kingdom Brunel6 - Letters from Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Expand 7 - Letters from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Thomas Guppy7 - Letters from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Thomas Guppy
Expand 8 - Letters to Isambard Kingdom Brunel8 - Letters to Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Expand 10 - Letters to Isambard Kingdom Brunel10 - Letters to Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Collapse 11 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the SS Great Eastern11 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the SS Great Eastern
Expand 1 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the SS Great Eastern1 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the SS Great Eastern
2 - Volume labelled Contracts/Engineer's Copy/Eas.St.Nav.Co containing copies of contracts relating to the construction of the S.S. Great Eastern
Expand 3 - 'Eastern Steam Navigation Papers'3 - 'Eastern Steam Navigation Papers'
Expand 4 - Progress reports in draft form4 - Progress reports in draft form
5 - Draft of a letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to James Booth
6 - Memorandum in Isambard Kingdom Brunel's hand, of a verbal report made to the Directors and a small meeting of the Principal Proprietors
7 - Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Captain Claxton
Expand 8 - Memorandum of Mr Brunel sent with letter to Mr Russell8 - Memorandum of Mr Brunel sent with letter to Mr Russell
9 - Eastern Steam Navigation Company and Messrs John Scott Russell and Co.
Expand 10 - Preliminary experiments, ship's trials, etc.10 - Preliminary experiments, ship's trials, etc.
Expand 11 - Job applications11 - Job applications
Expand 12 - Bills and accounts12 - Bills and accounts
Expand 13 - List of shareholders, Eastern Steam Navigation Company13 - List of shareholders, Eastern Steam Navigation Company
Collapse 14 - Applications to visit the SS Great Eastern14 - Applications to visit the SS Great Eastern
Expand 14a - Great Ship Company Ltd. Contracts and Schedules14a - Great Ship Company Ltd. Contracts and Schedules
Expand 15 - Completion of ship15 - Completion of ship
Expand 16 - Legal16 - Legal
Expand 17 - Printed material17 - Printed material
18 - Drawings of parts of a Brunel ship, probably the Great Eastern
Expand 19 - Miscellaneous19 - Miscellaneous
Expand 19 - Sketches of Otis Tufts (US) patented system of shipbuilding for the sides of thehull, & decks, as affixed to the specification 19 - Sketches of Otis Tufts (US) patented system of shipbuilding for the sides of thehull, & decks, as affixed to the specification
Expand 20 - Correspondence20 - Correspondence
Expand 21 - Fixtures and fittings21 - Fixtures and fittings
Expand 22 - Inventions offered to Isambard Kingdom Brunel for use on the Great Eastern22 - Inventions offered to Isambard Kingdom Brunel for use on the Great Eastern
Expand 23 - Inventions offered to Isambard Kingdom Brunel for launching the SS Great Eastern23 - Inventions offered to Isambard Kingdom Brunel for launching the SS Great Eastern
24 - Unidentified items and fragments
Expand 25 - Unidentified items relating to the SS Great Eastern25 - Unidentified items relating to the SS Great Eastern

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