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Major accessions to repositories in 2003 relating to Transport |
Local
- Great Western Railway Co: clerks register c1858-1908 (NPR)
- The Griffin Trust: memorabilia rel to Hooton Park Airfield, incl reminiscences of Comper Swift light aircraft and its Pobjoy engine 1931-97 (D 6371)
- The Griffin Trust: papers and personal memorabilia rel to Hooton Airfield c1900-99 (D 6483)
- Great Orme Tramway (addnl): financial records 1900-99 (CX77)
- Midland Railway Co, Derby (addnl): plans 19th-20th cent (D5786)
- Inland Waterways Association, Chelmsford branch: minutes
and papers 1973-2000 (D/Z 443)
- Peter du Cane, engineer and designer of Bluebird II: corresp, plans, photographs and other papers rel to his involvement in the design and construction of high speed craft c1930-69 (5A03)
- Waterloo Station: corresp files 1950-70 (2003/01)
- Burnley, Colne and Nelson Joint Transport Committee (addnl): minutes, reports and accounts 1958-82 (MBCO acc 9281)
- Liverpool Overhead Railway Co (addnl): records rel to apprentices 1918-24 (Acc 5694)
- King's Cross Action Group/Crossfire (addnl): administrative files (B03/069)
- Horace Cowley, Northampton: papers rel to Castle Station 1936-70
- Weeping Cross Turnpike Trust (addnl): minutes (Acc 5205)
- Neath & Brecon Railway Co: corresp 1895-1947 (B/X/126)
- British Railways Board (addnl): records rel to sites in Southwark, chiefly in the vicinity of London Bridge Station 1844-1975
- Thames Tunnel Wharf, Rotherhithe: deeds 1761-1868
- Cheadle Carrying Co Ltd: minutes 1871-75 (6229)
- North Staffordshire Railway Co: records and research notes and papers of Basil Jeuda, railway historian 19th-20th cent (SD1288)
- Sprite Caravan Owners Club: records 1960-92 (HD 2562)
- London & South Western Railway Co: records rel to extension of the line through Windsor, Staines and Datchet c1844-59 (7430)
- Huddersfield Narrow Water Canal: files, corresp etc rel to the planning and re-opening of the Canal c1990-2002 (Acc 3061)
- Arthur Cossons (1893-1963), local historian: maps, notes and corresp rel to his study of Leicestershire and Rutland turnpike roads (DE6382)
- Photographs and plans rel to construction of the final part of the Great Central Railway London extension, compiled by SWA Newton (DE6479)
National
- James Gentleman, merchant, Edinburgh: business and legal papers, mostly rel to his shipping interests 1838-56 (Acc.12184)
- Hilda Edwards, passenger on SS Canberra: diaries of cruises 1962-67 (DX/2150/1-2)
- William Jardine of Liverpool: log of round trip between London and China 1847-49 (DX/2096)
- Cunard Steamship Co Ltd: 'Queen Elizabeth' voyage folder, incl ephemera, passenger lists, photographs etc 1946 (DX/2118)
- Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd (Blue Funnel Line) (addnl): log books (DX/2067)
- Mersey Docks and Harbour Board: records rel to locomotives 1920-68 (MDHB)
- John Addison, engineer: diary rel to work on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway 1843-46 (2003-8353)
- London & North Eastern Railway Co: photographs of the Gorton Works 1890-1963 (2003-9250)
- Peckett & Sons, locomotive engineers, Bristol: locomotive registers c1890-1950 (2003-7149)
- Severn & Wye & Severn Bridge Railway Co: records rel to locomotives and rolling stock 1895 (2003-8081, 8082)
- British Railways Board, Central Advertising Unit: photographs rel to British Railways services and operations c1890-1992 (2003-9294)
- Heritage Railway Association: records, incl predecessor associations 1938-2001 (2003-7373)
- Album of photographs (c100) of airships, their hangars, construction and use, and parachute preparation and use (MS 701)
Special
- George Christian Beath: photographs of construction of the Uasin Gishu railway, Kenya c1920-29
- George Stephenson & Son, engineers: plan of a proposed railway from London to Birmingham 1832
- Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co Ltd: wagon photographs 1911-28 (Acc 1023)
- D Napier & Son Ltd, motor car and aircraft engine manufacturers, Acton (addnl): papers, mainly engineering drawings and technical reports 1948-67 (Acc 1020)
University
- P & O Scottish Ferries, previously North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Shipping Co Ltd (addnl): records 1870-2000 (MS 3696)
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil engineer (addnl): Watcombe estate and family papers 1849-1904 (DM 1954)
- Sir Frederick Tymms (1889-1987), civil servant: papers rel to civil
aviation (RCMS 20)
- Channel Tunnel Association (addnl): records (CTUN)
- John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel (addnl): papers rel to Sir William Burrell's Trust, Burrell Collection architects' competition and the M77 extension 1960-92 (DC371)
- Caledonian Railway Society: inquiry reports, directors' reports, published material, plans 1860-1959 (Accn 2391)
- Monarch Steamship Co Ltd, Glasgow: minutes, letter books, financial records, voyage books 1896-1969 (Accn 2463)
- Ivor Bowen, aeronautical engineer (addnl): research papers 1963-65
- Agricultural Aviation Co Ltd (addnl): papers c1950-90 (DX 1384)
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