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William Smith and Sons (engineers)

Reference: D/WS Catalogue Title: William Smith and Sons (engineers) Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1864-1945

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  • William Smith and Sons (engineers)
    • William Smith and Sons (engineers) (Ref: D/WS)
    • WILLIAM SMITH AND SONS OF BARNARD CASTLE (Ref: D/WS 1-19)

Catalogue Contents

William Smith and Sons (engineers) (Ref: D/WS)WILLIAM SMITH AND SONS OF BARNARD CASTLE (Ref: D/WS 1-19)Ref: D/WS 1

Letter book, with specifications and drawings of a street sweeper and street scraper, 1866 - 1869
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 2

Letter book, 1870 - 1889
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 3

Letter book, 1889 - 1893
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 4

Letter book, 1901 - 1904
(1 file)

Ref: D/WS 5

Order book, 1889 - 1900
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 6

Sales ledger, giving details of individual orders, 1890 - 1904
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 7

Sales ledger, giving details of individual orders, 1893 - 1930
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 8

Sales ledger, giving details of individual orders, 1896 - 1909
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 9

Sales ledger, giving details of individual orders, 1904 - 1919
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 10

General ledgers, 1925 - 1945
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 11

General ledgers, 1929 - 1930
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 12

Patents for improved apparatus for breaking stones, 1874 and a horse road scraper, 1886
(3 papers)

Ref: D/WS 13

Drawings of the brushing machine, road scraper and grass cutter, 1864, 1866, n.d.
(3 papers)

Ref: D/WS 14

Advertisements, circulars, etc., 1889, 1894, n.d.
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/WS 15

Photographs of apparatus, including street sweepers and scrapers, dust carts, etc., and the Grove Works, n.d.
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/WS 16

"Patents for Inventions. Abridginents of Specifications relating to Brushing and Sweeping", 1872
(1 volume)

Ref: D/WS 17

"Roads and Ways", specifications of improved methods, n.d.
(1 volume, cover missing)

Ref: D/WS 18

Letters (copies) to John and Josephine Bowes re improvements to the Roman Catholic Chapel in Barnard Castle, 1871
(3 papers)

Ref: D/WS 19

Souvenir programme for the Coronation festival in Barnard Castle, 1911
(1 card)



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