Catalogue

'Section of Chimney, Built at Shildon Works, Finished April 25th 1835' Scale: 1 inch to 6 feet [1:72]

Letter from Thomas Serginson, Shildon, to [William] MacNay, concerning a hydraulic press, 9 January 1857

Note of the dimensions of a hydraulic press at Messrs. H. Pease and Company's mill at Darlington with which Pease's West firebricks were tested, and brief details of tests, n.d. [1857] Originally enclosed in CP/Shl 1/2

Letter from Mark Pinkney, Middleton [-in-Teesdale], to John Dent, Shildon, concerning a saw bench supplied by Thomas Anderson of Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland, millwright, 14 April 1857

Elevation and cross-section of a saw bench, n.d. [April 1857] Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48] Originally enclosed in CP/Shl 1/4

Details and costs of improvements and additions to the erecting shed, lathe shed, brass foundry, engine house, engine chimney, tool house, turntables and machinery at Shildon Works, 3 July 1859

Plan and cross-section of '[Proposed added later ] Machine for Shaping [locomotive] Chimney Tops ... Shildon Works Company', 7 July 1863 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Details and costs of materials required for masons', carpenters' and joiners' work for improvements and additions to the erecting shed, lathe shed, engine house, brass shop and smiths' shops' at Shildon Works, n.d. [1859] Annotated in pencil: 'Part of estimate made by Mr. Metcalf, July 1859'

List of parts required for constructing two bolt and nut-making machines, with weights and costs, and costs of labour, July 1859

Summary of the costs of improvements and additions to the buildings and machinery at Shildon Works, n.d. [1859]

Side-end elevations of 'Centres for Fixing Crank Axles to be Shaped in the Lathe ... Shildon Works Company', 16 August 1860 Signed: 'William MacNay' Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Elevations and cross-sections of 'Centres for Fixing Crank Axles to be Shaped in the Lathe ... Shildon Works Company', 11 September 1860 Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8] Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Plan, cross-section and elevation of a 'Vice ... Shildon Works Company', 16 October 1861 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Plan, elevation and cross-section of '4 Feet Grindstone Trough for Works ... Shildon Works Company', 9 April 1862 Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Plan, section and elevation of 'Bearance Box for Saw Mill ... Shildon Works Company', 21 February 1862 Scale: half size [1:2]

Letter from C. Hoyle, Messrs. Thomas Robinson & Co., Rochdale, Lancashire, to W[illiam] MacNay, Shildon, concerning the specification of a band-saw machine and the delivery of a planing machine, 11 December 1876

Plan of 'Additional Gas Tank for Shildon', showing the elevation of the gasholder and elevation, section and plan of a wrought-iron girder, n.d., [ pre-May 1863] Annotated with a note that this is a copy of the tracing referred to in Walter Mabon & Company's tender of 9 May 1863 Scales: [1:48] and [1:24]

Elevation of 'Outlet Valve and Pipes for Shildon additional Gas Holder', 3 June 1863 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48] Originally enclosed in CP/Shl 1/22

Plan of 'Additional Gas Tank for Shildon ... Shildon Works Co.', showing plan and sections of the gasholder tank and details of inlet and outlet pipe stays, 20 July 1863 Scales: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48] and 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Elevations and plans of column pier, and elevations of inlet and outlet pipes, for an 'Additional Gas Tank for Shildon', 21 July 1863 Scales: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24] and 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

List of items supplied by W[alter] Mabon and Co., for an extension to Shildon Gas Works, July 1863 Attached: note from James C. Oliver, Shildon Works Co., North Road, Darlington, to [William] MacNay, concerning Walter Mabon & Co.'s contract price for delivery and installing a gasholder at Shildon, 26 May 1866

Specification for the excavation of a gasholder tank for the Shildon Works Company, July 1863

Specification for the construction of a gasholder tank near Shildon Station for the Shildon Works Company, July 1863

Specification for the supply and installation of a gasholder near Shildon Station for the Shildon Works Company, July 1863

Elevation of 'Inlet Pipes and Valve for Shildon Additional Gas Tank ...¦ S[hildon] W[orks] Company', 6 July 1863 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48] Originally enclosed in CP/Shl 1/22

Elevation of 'Trap Valve for Inlet', 6 July 1863 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] Originally enclosed in CP/Shl 1/22

Elevation of 'Trap Valve for Inlet', 6 July 1863 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] Originally enclosed in CP/Shl 1/22

List of machine tools for Darlington Engine Works for which tenders were to be sought, n.d. [ c.1860]

List of selected tenders for machine tools for Darlington Engine Works, January 1862

List of machine tools installed in Darlington New Engine Works, with weights, n.d. [ c.1862]

Description, by William Younghusband, of the operation of the valves, and motion of the fly wheels and pistons, of the engines installed in Darlington Engine Works, 28 July 1862

Plan of the shafting and fly wheel of 'Shafting for Darlington Works', 1 May 1863 Scale: Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96] Originally enclosed in CP/Shl 2/4

Accounts for the supply and installation of machinery and fittings at Darlington Engine Works, North Road, Darlington, by the Shildon Works Company, 1863

Accounts for the supply and installation of machinery and fittings at Darlington Engine Works, North Road, Darlington, by the Shildon Works Company, between September 1861 and 30 September 1863, 1863

List of machinery at Darlington Engine Works, giving date of acquisition between 1862 and 1863, description, maker's name and weight, 15 December 1864

Lists of machinery at Darlington Engine Works, giving date of acquisition between 1865 and 1868, description, maker's name and weight, n.d., post December 1868

Bill from George Harker to Timothy Hackworth for mason's and bricklayer's work, 8 March 1837

'Proposed Plan of Mechanics' Institute at New Shildon', showing two alternative designs, each with west and south elevations, and ground and first floor plans, 18 March 1857 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

'Plan of Proposed Mechanics' Institute, New Shildon', showing south and west elevations, cross-section, and ground and first floor plans, 21 May 1857 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

'A Statement of the Strata at the Water House, New Shildon', by William Bouch, 23 February 1859 with additions to 20 April 1859

'John Ellison's account of stratification at the Water House Well', at New Shildon, 20 April 1859

Plan and elevation of three back yards identifying pantries, sculleries, coal houses and closets with ash pits, n.d. [ c.1860] Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Cross-section of a 'Culvert for Shildon Beck', giving details of bricks, n.d. [ c.1860] Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet [1:24]

'Plan of Culvert', showing plan, elevation and cross-sections, n.d., c. 1860 Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]

Elevation and plan of a single-storey, three-room cottage with outdoor earth closet, 28 April 1880 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Analysis of the cost of laying an 18 inch segmental tile drain behind Soho Street and Cross Street, [Shildon], and surfacing and fencing the streets, February 1866

Elevations and plans of two designs for a single-storey, three-room cottage with outdoor earth closet, n.d. [ c.1880] Scale: approximately 1.5 inches to 12 feet [1:96]

Rules and Regulations to be observed by the workmen in the employ of Timothy Hackworth at New Shildon, 24 September 1839

Stockton and Darlington Railway: Rules and Regulations to be observed by the Company 's Servants, 1846 With a table of relative speed calculations

Rules and Regulations to be observed by all persons employed on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1854 Includes: a table of relative speed calculations

Regulations to be observed in the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company 's Offices, Darlington, 1857

Shildon Engine Works, near Darlington, Office Rules and Regulations, 1 July 1858

Rules and regulations of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Superannuation Fund, 29 June 1860 Annotated with a note of their adoption by the agents and workmen, 20 July 1860

Specification for the supply of locomotive engines to the London and Birmingham Railway, 17 November 1835

List giving 'Dimensions of Stephenson's Patent Locomotive', n.d. [c. 1850]

Longitudinal cross-sections of a 'Passenger Engine Boiler for A. Kitching ... Shildon Works Company', 15 March 1854 Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Elevation and cross-sections of 'Copper Plates ... [and] Iron Plates ... for Passenger Engine Boiler for A. Kitching, Shildon Works Co.', 17 March 1854 Scales: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] and 3/4 inch to 1 foot [1:16]

Cross-sections and elevations of 'Slide Valve and Bridle for No. 50', 19 May 1856 Scale: half size [1:2]

Cross-sections and elevations of 'Slide Valves as applied to Engine No. 50 Meteor on the Stockton and Darlington Railway', 28 May 1857 O riginally enclosed in CP/Shl 5/7

Copy letter from William MacNay, Shildon Engine Works, to the Editor of The Engineer , concerning Beer's valve gear and the slide valves used on locomotive no. 50, Meteor, 14 October 1862

Copy letter from William MacNay, Shildon Engine Works to A.J. Beer, concerning the former's claim to have developed a design of valves for steam locomotives before the latter, 17 October 1862

Letter from A.J. Beer, Canterbury, Kent, to William MacNay, Shildon Engine Works, concerning the latter's claim to have developed a design of valves, 23 October 1862

Note of repairs and maintenance required by the slide valves as fitted to locomotive no. 50 over the period from 28 May 1857 to 3 June 1863, 13 July 1864

Copy letter from William MacNay, Shildon Engine Works, to S[amuel] Hannah, concerning the slide valves on locomotive no. 50 and [Robert] Stephenson's interest in the subject, 10 May 1866

Letter from Samuel Hannah, North Eastern Railway (Darlington Section), Locomotive Department, to William MacNay, concerning Stephenson's interest in slide valves, 11 May 1866

Longitudinal and vertical cross-sections [of a steam regulator], 2 March 1857 Scale: half size [1:2]

Longitudinal and vertical cross-sections [of a steam regulator], 2 March 1857 Scale: half size [1:2]

Plan, end elevation and cross-section of a 'Thro[tt]le Valve Slide for 72, 73, 74 etc. ... S[hildon] W[orks] Co.', 7 May 1857 Scale: full size [1:1]

Plan and cross-sections of 'Improved Steam Regulator, Designed January 1857 and Since adopted on the Locomotives on the S[tockton] and D[arlington] Railway and Other places', n.d. [ c.1857] Includes: key to drawings Scale: [full size, 1:1]

Circular letter from Joseph Boyes Fraser concerning his patent self-acting lubricator, with testimonials and drawings, n.d. [February 1859]

Longitudinal and vertical cross-sections [of a steam pipe and valve], 7 September 1859 Scale: not given

Notes of the workmen's time taken in, and cost of, replacing two liners in the cylinders of locomotive no.2, February 1860

Side elevations and details of 'Safety Valve Levers', 2 May 1860 Scales: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8] and half size [1:2]

Elevation and cross-section of a 'Water Guage [sic ] for Engines ... Shildon Works Company', 25 May 1860 Scale: full size [1:1]

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, constructing firebox, design A, and firebox and boiler, design B, June 1860

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, constructing firebox and boiler, design C, n.d. [ c. June 1860]

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, constructing firebox and boiler, design F, n.d. [ c. June 1860]

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, constructing 18 malleable iron wheels and axles, October 1860

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, constructing 18 iron horns for mineral locomotive tenders, November 1860

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, constructing three new tenders for mineral locomotives, December 1860

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, constructing 24 bearings for tenders, December 1860

List of the materials to be used in, and costs of, constructing 24 4.5 inch metal plumber blocks, February 1862

Cross-section and elevation of 'Piston and Cover for No.94 Engine ... Shildon Works Company', 28 March 1862 Endorsed: a note, by W. MacNay, that this was the first occasion when pistons were enlarged to allow fitting new ones, n.d. Scale: full size [1:1]

Note of the cost of iron required for the frames for four locomotives, 15 July 1862 Originally enclosed in CP/Shl 5/33

List of piecework required for constructing four locomotive side frames, September 1862

List of the materials required for constructing drag plates for locomotive side frames, n.d. [ c.1862]

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, constructing four side frames for two locomotives, n.d. [ c.1862]

Vertical and horizontal sections and plans of locomotive safety valves, 'Shildon Works Company', 26 February 1864 Scale: 6 inches to 1 foot [1:2] Includes: a note that one of the valves was installed in locomotive no.128 on 8 April 1864

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, constructing a firebox and boiler to Mr. Bouch's design, 30 December 1864

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, constructing new copper fireboxes for locomotives nos.148 and 149, January 1865

Plan and cross-section of 'Stockton and Darlington R'way Co., New Engine Works, Darlington, Safety Valves and Dome Cover for 10 New Loco's', 2 February 1865 Scale: half size [1:2]

Plan and cross-section of a 'Proposed Dome Cover and Double Safety Valve ... Shildon Works Company', 28 February 1865 Scale: 6 inches to 1 foot [1:2]

Vertical sections through three boilers of 'Sections of Locomotive Boilers ... Shildon Works Company, 27 June 1865 One is as 'Proposed by Mr. MacNay', one as the 'No.72 Class [built] by S[hildon] W[orks] Co.', and one is as the 'No.120 Class [built] by G.W. & Co.' Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Cross-sections and side elevations of 'Cylinders 17... Diameter, 24... Stroke, for No.72 Class ... Shildon Works Company', 12 December 1865 Includes: list of parts and respective weights, and list of bolts and studs with their positions Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Plan of 'List of Bolts [and nuts] for Two 17... Cylinders', n.d. [December 1865] Scale: full size [1:1]

Plan of '17 inch Piston and Cover', n.d. [December 1865] Scale: full size [1:1]

List of materials, and costs for, Order no.433, for the construction of six boiler barrels and smoke boxes, 1867 and 1868

Cross-sections and elevations of throttle valves, throttle valve lever, stuffing box, spanner and rod, spindle and cover guide, 5 January 1866 Scale: 6 inches to 1 foot [1:2]

Elevation and cross-section of 'Throttle Valve and Gear for ... Shildon Works Company', 12 January 1866 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Plan and elevation of 'One Connecting Rod', 1 February 1866 Scale: 6 inches to 1 foot [1:2]

Plan and elevation of 'One Side Rod', 7 February 1866 Scale: 6 inches to 1 foot [1:2]

Plan, elevations and sections of 'Valve Eccentrics & Rods', 13 February 1866 Scale: 6 inches to 12 inches [1:2]

Side and end elevations of 'Weigh bar Spanners and Carriage', 7 March 1866 Scale: half size [1:2]

Longitudinal and vertical cross-sections of 'Proposed alterations for Fire Box Partition', 30 April 1866 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Cross-section [of a valve], 19 September 1866 Scale: not given Includes: the stamp of the Shildon Works Company

Elevations and cross-sections of '14 feet boiler for No.72 Class', 12 September 186[7] Includes: details of longitudinal stay and rivet locations; with list of plates and angle irons required Scales: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]; 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4] and full size

List of materials, and costs for, Order no.435, for the construction of six 14 feet boilers and fireboxes with iron cases, February 1868

Plans and sections of 'William Adams's Patent Bogie, with circular and lateral motion to bogie pin', n.d. [ c.1870] Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Side and end elevations of 'Expansion Links and Blocks [and] Lifting Links', n.d. [ c.1870] Scale: 6 inches to 1 foot [1:2]

Side and end elevations of 'Reversing Lever Ratch and Double Eye', n.d. [c. 1870] Scales: 6 inches to 1 foot [1:2] and 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Longitudinal and vertical sections of a 'Fire Box for 10 New Locomotives for S[tockton] & D[arlington] R[ailway]', n.d. [ c.1870] Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Cross-sections and elevations of a 'Cross Spring for Two Pairs of Loco. Side Frames', n.d. [ c.1870] Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Longitudinal section of vehicle springs, part only, n.d. [c.1870] Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 inch [1:4]

Elevation and detail of safety valve levers, n.d. [c.1870] Scales: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8] and half size [1:2]

Longitudinal and vertical cross-sections [of a steam pipe], n.d. [c. 1870] Scale: full size [1:1]

Longitudinal and vertical cross-sections [of a screw valve], n.d. [c. 1870] Scale: not given

Cross-section [of a firebox], n.d. [ c.1870] Scale: not given

Elevation and vertical section [of a piece of radial machinery], n.d. [c. 1870] Scale: not given

Elevation and detail [of iron plate], n.d. [c.1870] Scales: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] and full size [1:1]

Fragments of a plan of a piece of equipment, n.d. [c.1870]

Notes of the measurements of the action of steam on the pistons of locomotive no.4, 21 October 1847

Notes of the measurements of the action of steam on the pistons of Fossick and Hackworth's new locomotive, 23 March 1848

Notes of the measurements of the action of steam on the pistons of locomotives nos.50 and 53, October 1848

Notes of the heating surfaces of the fireboxes in locomotives nos.48 and 55, 1848

Notes of the comparison of heating surfaces of various locomotives, 1848

Notes of the measurements of the action of steam on the pistons of locomotive no.54, 5 November 1851

Copy report by William Waller on the boiler explosion on locomotive no.141 on 10 May 1867, 24 May 1867

Memorandum on the boiler explosion on no.141 Excelsior on 10 May 1871, n.d. [May 1871]

Note, on South Durham Iron Works notepaper, on a comparison of the steam capacity of 'Old Engines' and 'Hackworth [engine]', n.d.

Specification for a four ton coal wagon, design B, for the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, 30 April 1849

Notes by William MacNay on improvements which could be made in the construction of iron-ribbed coal wagons, n.d. [ c.1850]

Side and end elevations and plan of 'Mineral Wagon Designed for the S[tockton and] D[arlington] and L[ancashire] U[nion] Railway Traffic ... Shildon Works Company', 10 March 1859 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4] recte 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

List of the materials, and costs for, constructing 'New 10 Ton Mineral Pattern Wagon', 27 March 1859

Lists of prices quoted for the supply of 200 10 ton mineral wagons and goods wagons to the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 21 March 1859 - 22 December 1860

Calculation of weights of new mineral wagons, 'as sent to Derby', 28 March 1859

List of the types and dimensions of timber, required for the construction of a hopper truck for local traffic, 3 September 1860

Specification for 100 mineral trucks for local traffic, required by the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 3 December 1860

Specification for the wheels and axles for 100 mineral trucks for local traffic, required by the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 3 December 1860

Specification for the springs for 100 mineral trucks for local traffic, required by the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 3 December 1860

List of the weights of iron work, and types and dimensions of timber, required for a hopper truck for local mineral traffic, 3 December 1860 Includes: small drawing of truck

Notes of the ironwork required [for the construction of a hopper truck], n.d. [ c.1860]

Quotation, from Joseph Cliff and Co., Union Foundry, Bradford, Yorkshire, for the supply of a five-ton fixed crane, 20 February 1866

Side and end elevations and plan of 'Locomotive Accident Crane', 26 May 1866 Scale: 3/4 inch to 1 foot [1:16]

Side elevation of an '8 Tons Travelling Crane, Cowans, Sheldon & Co ... St. Nicholas & Woodbank Engine & Iron Works, Carlisle [Cumberland]', tracing no.327, 14 September 1866 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] Cowans, Sheldon & Co. was one of the country's leading manufacturers of railway cranes.

Note of modifications required to the travelling crane to be supplied to Shildon Engine Works, 17 September 1866

Side and rear elevations of '5 Ton Crane', n.d. [1867] Scale: approx. 3/4 inch to 1 foot [1:16]

Copy of letters, dated 6 and 19 September 1866, from Cowans, Sheldon & Co., St. Nicholas & Woodbank Iron & Engine Works, Carlisle, Cumberland, to William Bouch, North End, Darlington, offering to supply an eight-ton travelling or accident crane at a cost of £245, and offering to modify the crane as specified by Mr. Davidson for £20, n.d. [ c.1870]

Elevations and cross-section, and details of forgings, for designs A, B, C, D and E of 'Designs for Chaldron Wagon Wheels', 16 January 1855 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] and [1 1/4 inches to 5 inches, 1:4]

Elevations and cross-sections of designs F, G and H of 'Designs for Chaldron Wagon Wheels', 19 January 1855 Scale: [ 1/4 inch to 3 inches, 1:12]

Elevations and cross-sections for designs, I, J, K and L of 'Designs for Chaldron Wagon Wheels', January 1855 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Elevation and cross-section of a 'Design for Chaldron W[agon] Wheels', January 1855 Scale: 1 inch to 8 inches [1:8]

Elevation and cross-section of 'Design for Chaldron W[agon] Wheels', January 1855 Includes: dimensions Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Elevation and cross-section of 'Chaldron Wagon Wheel', January 1855 Includes: dimensions Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Elevation and cross-sections of 'Cast Iron Wheel with Solid Nave and Chilled Rim for Chaldron Wagons ...¦ William MacNay, Engineer', 4 September 1855 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Elevation and cross-section of 'Cast Iron Wheel with Solid Nave and Chilled Rim for Chaldron Wagons', 4 September 1855 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Elevation of 'S[tockton] & D[arlington] Railway, Chaldron Wagon Wheel', 4 September 1855 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Elevation and cross-section of 'Chaldron Wagon Wheel of Cast Iron with Solid Nave and Chilled Rim ... William MacNay, Engineer', 8 December 1855 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Notes, on Shildon Engine Works notepaper, of the materials required for, and costs of producing, a wheel, n.d. [ c.1855]

Elevation of two wheels, n.d. [c. 1855] No scale given

Circular letter from Kirkstall Forge Company, Leeds, Yorkshire, concerning Burke's patent tyre fastening, n.d. [ c.1855]

Elevations and cross-sections of 'Chaldron Wagon Wheels', September 1857 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot

Elevation and cross-section of 'Iron Wheel for New Mineral Wagon', 11 February 1860 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Elevations and cross-sections of 'Proposed Fastening for Wheel Tyres', 24 July 1860 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Elevation and cross-section of '5 Feet Wheel ... Shildon Works Company', 8 September 1860 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Elevation and cross-section of 'Iron Wheel for 10 Ton Trucks', 25 October 1860 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

List of the materials to be used in, and cost of, tyring two sets of 6 five feet engine wheels for Messrs. Cowans, Sheldon and Co., 25 January 1861

Elevation and cross-section of 'Truck Wheel for Local Traffic... Made by Crowland of Bradford [Yorkshire]', 9 December 1861 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Elevation and cross-section of wheel 'For S[hildon] W[orks] Cos. Mineral Engine Tanks ...', 10 January 1862 Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

'Section of Tyres on Driving Axle of No.103 Engine showing Wear and Mileage' showing the comparison between Bowling and Lowmoor iron tyres and Lloyds steel tyre, 23 April 1862

Elevation and cross-section of 'Finished Dimension of Wheel for Mineral Engines', 27 November 1862 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4] Includes: the stamp of the Shildon Works Company, and a note that a copy of the drawing was sent to Cowans, Sheldon & Co.

Elevation and cross-section of 'Wheel for Mineral Engines ... Shildon Works Company', 10 September 1863 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Elevation and cross-section of 'Wheel for Mineral Engines', 11 September 1863 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Elevation and cross-section of a 'Wheel Centre for Mineral Trucks', 10 October 1863 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Elevation and cross-section of a 'Wheel for Tank Engines', with details of spokes, 26 August 1865 Scales: 1/4 inch to 1 inch [1:4] and full size [1:1] With stamp of Hopkins, Gilkes & Co., Tees Engine Works, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire

Elevation and cross-section of 'Finished Dimensions. Centre for Mineral Engines 4 feet Wheels', 13 November 1865 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Circular letter from de Bergue and Co., 9 Arthur Street West, London, to Thomas MacNay, concerning the supply of patent vulcanised Indian-rubber buffers for railway vehicles, 1 February 1849

Cross-section of a 'Buffer for Mineral Engines', July 1858 Scale: full size [1:1]

List of the parts, costs and labour costs for the manufacture of eight buffers [at Shildon Works], January 1859

List of parts and costs for the manufacture of 30 volute spring buffers at Shildon Works, December 1860

Cross-section and part elevation of a buffer, 18 October 1864 Scale: full size [1:1]

Letter from William Bouch, North-Eastern Railway (Darlington Section), Locomotive Department, North Road, Darlington, concerning the manufacture and repair of buffers, 16 March 1867

Copy of a letter of 20 March 1867 from William MacNay, Shildon Works, to William Bouch, on the manufacture of buffers, 1867

Letter from William Bouch, Shildon Works Co., North Road Works, Darlington, to William MacNay, concerning the manufacture of buffers, 23 March 1867

Specification for the mason's work required for constructing an engine house at Deanery Colliery, November 1834 Originally enclosed in CP/Shl 11/2

Proposals by John Simpson of Heighington, and John Bailie of Auckland, to undertake the mason's work for the engine house at Deanery Colliery, 11 December 1834

Plan, elevation and vertical section of a 'Pump and Hot Water Cistern for Crawley-Engine. Shildon Works Company, Engine Builders ..., with details of suction pipe plunger, clack and delivery pipes, signed 'William Bouch', 13 June 1846 Scales: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4] and half size [1:2]

Note of the measurements of the 'Action of Steam on Crawley Engine piston', 30 October 1847

Specification for the mason's work required for constructing a boiler house and fixing an additional boiler at Crawley stationary engine, n.d. [ c.1850]

Elevations, sections and details of both wheels for 'North Eastern Railway, Darlington Section, Engine Works, North Road. Spur and Pinion Wheels for Crawley Engine', 13 April 1867 Scales: 2 inches to 1 foot [1:6] and full size [1:1]

Elevation of 'Main Shaft. Sunniside Engine ... Shildon Works Co.', 16 June 1852 Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Duplicate list of materials required for the Sunnyside engine, June 1859

Specification of the excavation, building and bricklaying work required for the erection of a boiler house and boiler seating at Stanley Incline, [27] May 1857

Specification of the excavation, building and bricklaying work required for the erection of a boiler house and boiler seating at Stanley Incline, [27] May 1857

Specification for the building and plastering work required for the erection of an engine house, drum house and cabin at Stanley Incline, May 1857

Account of materials purchased, and labour supplied, by Gilkes, Wilson and Co., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to Shildon Works Co., for the construction of two cylinders for Stanley Incline engine, 3 June 1857

Estimate of the materials required for the construction of a new chimney at Stanley Incline, 11 June 1857

Bill of quantities (labour and materials) for the construction of Stanley Engine boiler house and engine seatings, June 1857

List of the materials required for, and cost of constructing, Stanley Engine, including engine house, engines, reservoir, wire ropes and incline, [4] May 1859 Includes: note of 'Mr. Bouch's Estimate', 19 November 1856

List of the materials required for, and cost of constructing, Stanley Engine, including engine house, engines, reservoir, wire ropes and incline, [4] May 1859 Includes: note of 'Mr. Bouch's Estimate', 19 November 1856

Memorandum of agreement between [John Walker, contractor] and Shildon Works Co. for the construction of a new engine house at Adelaide Colliery Incline, April 1863

Estimate of the materials and labour required for the construction of a new engine house for Adelaide Colliery Incline, with notes that the contract was let to John Walker of Bishop Auckland, and that William Boldron was to construct and fix windows and door and to roof the building, April 1863

Specification, drawn up by Thomas Storey, St. Helen Auckland, for a high pressure stationary engine at Woodhouse Close Colliery, Bishop Auckland, 12 March 1835 Woodhouse Close Colliery was sunk in 1825 and had closed by 1882.

Specification for supplying two stationary steam engines (no.2 located east of the Hetton Railway and no.5 located near the Seaham Railway) for the Durham and Sunderland Railway, June 1835

Details of three stationary engines installed at St. Helen's Colliery [Bishop Auckland], December 1835 St. Helen's Colliery was opened in 1831 and closed in March 1926.

Estimate for providing a 40 horsepower high pressure stationary engine for the Durham and Sunderland Railway, 1837

Estimate for providing two high pressure stationary engines, each of 100 h.p., for South Hetton Colliery, 1837 South Hetton Colliery was opened in 1833. This estimate is probably for pumping engines required for the sinking of Murton Colliery.

Specification for the mason's work required for constructing a boiler house and fixing a boiler at Hownsgill stationary engine, 7 February 1847 Hownsgill engine was near Consett on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway. The stationary engine was replaced by a viaduct in 1858.

Elevations of the present, and proposed, shaft for 'Main Shaft for Brusselton Engine ... Shildon Works Co., 9 March 1854 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] Brusselton Engine was on the original line of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, opened in 1825.

End elevation and various cross-sections of a part of a stationary steam engine made by Shildon Works Co., 18 February 1859 Scale: 6 inches to 1 foot [1:2]

List of parts required for constructing, and fitting plumbers' blocks, for main pump shaft, with weights and costs, and costs of labour, August 1859

Note of measurements of the action of steam on 'T.E. 12.13 Cylinders', n.d. [ c.1860]

Longitudinal, and cross, section [of shafting], n.d. [c.1860] Scale: full size [1:1]

Specification, and contract conditions, for the supply of wooden gates and gateposts for the Great North of England Railway between the river Tyne and Hurworth Lane, 19 September 1836

List of materials required for constructing and fitting up 12 tail-end lamps at Shildon Works, with weights and costs, November 1860

Elevation, plan and cross-section, and fittings of 'Locomotive Water Column', 24 January 1866 Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Cross-section, elevation and plan of 'Nine Inch Water Valve', with details of gland and flange, 24 January 1866 Scale: 6 inches to 1 foot [1:2]

Plan of a 'Surface Condenser' No scale given

Specification, and form of tender, for the supply of iron pipes and other iron castings to the Darlington Gas and Water Works Company, March 1849

Specification, and form of tender, for the supply of iron pipes and other iron castings to the Stockton, Middlesbrough and Yarm Waterworks Company, 1 March 1851

Copy letter from William MacNay, Shildon Engine Works, to [Thomas] Snowdon, asking whether the latter can roll three-inch iron bars to a particular specification, 13 February 1855

Letter from Thomas Snowdon, Tees Side Iron Works, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, [to William MacNay], concerning the rolling of three-inch iron bars, 14 February 1855

Letter from Thomas Snowdon, Tees Side Iron Works, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to William MacNay, Shildon Works, concerning a wooden template for rolling an iron plate, 20 February 1855

List of materials required for constructing six gas lamps, with weights and costs, and costs of labour, November n.y. [ c.1860]

List of parts required for constructing 12 nine-inch water valves at Shildon Works, with weights and costs, 20 November 1862

'An Inventory and Valuation of the Locomotive Engines, Duplicate Materials, Tools, Iron etc., Timber etc. etc., belonging to the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company at New Shildon, and at William A. Kitchings & Listers, Darlington, 1 April 1837' by Joseph Kennedy, Clarence Foundry, Liverpool, 23 June 1837 Includes: valuations of locomotives 1 Locomotive, 4 Diligence , 5 Royal George, 8 Victory, 15 Northumbrian, 16 Director, 17 Lord Brougham, 19 Darlington, 20 Adelaide , 21 Earl Grey, 22 Lord Durham, 23 Wilberforce, 24 Magnet, 2 Hope and 6 Experiment at Kitchings; 3 Black Diamond, 7 Rocket, 9 Globe, 10 Planet and 11 North Star at Listers

A List of Locomotive Engines [1-203] on the North-Eastern Railway - Darlington Section, n.d. [1867] Gives locomotive number, name, builder, date of delivery and construction value

A List of Locomotive Engines [1001-1249] on the North-Eastern Railway - Darlington Section, n.d. [1872] Gives locomotive number, name, builder, date of construction and original value

Plan of the route of a railway running from the Black Boy branch [of the Stockton & Darlington Railway to Witton-le-Wear], n.d. [ c.1836] Shows field boundaries, streams and River Wear, and names of landowners

Elevations, cross-sections, plan, and details of timber joints, of 'Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, Design for a wood bridge over the River Wear on the Crook Branch', 22 October 1838 Includes: note that this is the plan referred to in the specification for the work, 10 November 1838 Scales: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]; 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48] and 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Cross-sections, longitudinal section and plan of 'Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, Proposed Tunnel over the Highway from Low Bitchburn to Witton-le-Wear', n.d. [ c.1838] Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

General elevation; detailed cross-section; plan and longitudinal section; and plan and elevation of shoe [fixing for viaduct members] of 'Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway' trestle viaduct, n.d. [ c.1838] Scales: 1 inch to 50 feet [1:600]; approx. 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48] and 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Cross-sections, longitudinal section and plan of 'Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway' tunnel over roadway, drawing no. 1A, n.d. [ c.1838] Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Cross-sections, longitudinal sections and plan of 'Plan of Tunnel proposed to be built at Tindal Burn or Etherley Dean on the line of the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway', n.d. [ c.1838] Scales: 1 inch to 12 feet [1:144] and 1 inch to 6 feet [1:72]

Elevation, plans at two levels, sections of abutments, and elevation of gate of 'Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, Design of an Occupation Bridge over the Railway in Mr. Coats's land', drawing no.10, n.d. [ c.1838] Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]

Elevations, cross-sections, plan of abutments and sections of parapet of 'Proposed bridge under the highway between Bishop Auckland and Etherley', n.d. [ c.1838] Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Cross-sections of girders; plan and elevation of abutment; plans, elevations and cross-sections of trusses and cross-bracing; elevation of girder; and plan of knees of 'Details to No.10 Occupation Bridge in Mr. Coats' Land', n.d. [ c.1838] Scales: full size [1:1] and 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Elevation, cross-sections, plans at two levels, and details of cross-bracing of 'Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, Design for a wood bridge over the highway from Bitchburn to Witton-le-Wear', n.d. [ c.1838] Scales: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120] and 1 inch to 3 feet [1:36]

Elevation, plan and cross-section of abutments of 'Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, Bridge over highway from South Church to Black Boy', drawing no.2, n.d. [ c.1838] Scales: 1 inch to 25 feet [1:300] and 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Elevation, plan and cross-section of abutments of 'Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, Bridge over highway from South Church to Black Boy', drawing no.2, n.d. [ c.1838] Scales: 1 inch to 25 feet [1:300] and 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Drawings of plates, bolts and straps for connecting piles, longitudinal ties, upright timbers and straining beams, n.d. [ c.1838] Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Elevation and cross-section of post and rail fencing; elevations of girders; cross-sections of walls; cross-sections of culverts, covered drain and water channel; and elevation of post and chain-link fencing of 'Walls etc. approaching to Cockton Hill Bridge', 1840 Scales: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]; 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48] and 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

South elevation and elevation of train shed, and sections [of the Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway Company's Offices], n.d. [ c.1840] Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]

Plans of basement, ground floor and first floor; 'principal' [i.e. east] elevation and west elevation of 'Design of a Building for the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway Offices', n.d. [ c.1840] Scale: [1:10]

Drawing of the side elevation of a roof truss, showing methods of fixing, n.d. [ c.1840] Scale: 3/4 inch to 1 foot [1:16]

North and end [west] elevations, plan, sections of roof members, and enlarged section of part of the veranda roof for 'Design for a Railway Station near Bishop Auckland', n.d. [ c.1850] Scales: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48] and 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Rules & Regulations of the Phoenix Foundry, Old Shildon, n.d. [c. 1850] The Phoenix Foundry was run by Gilkes, Wilson & Co., established by Edgar Gilkes and Isaac Wilson, c.1844

Rules and Regulations to be observed by all the Workmen at Phoenix Foundry, Old Shildon, n.d. [c.1850] Includes: certificate, to be signed by a new employee of Gilkes, Wilson & Co., acknowledging that he has received a copy of the rules

Covers of depositor's pass book of Stockton Mechanics' Institute of Literature & Science Savings Bank, in the name of Mary Wilson, Stockton, n.d. [ c.1852]

North Eastern Railway, Locomotive and Carriage Department, Regulations to be observed by the workmen in the company 's service, 20 November 1854

London and North Western Railway, Rules and Regulations to be observed by workmen employed in the Locomotive Department, Wolverton, 15 November 1855

Rules and Regulations to be observed by the workmen in the employ of Fossick & Hackworth, n.d. [1858 added in manuscript] Thomas Hackworth (brother of Timothy Hackworth) went into partnership with George Fossick in 1840 and established a railway engineering business in Stockton. Hackworth retired in 1865 and Fossick died in 1866.

Employment regulations of the South Durham Iron Works, n.d. [1859 added in manuscript] The South Durham Iron Co. was established by Joseph and Henry Pease in 1854 and set up its ironworks at Albert Hill, Darlington. The company went into liquidation in 1877, and the site was acquired by Darlington Forge Co.

Great Northern Railway, Rules and Regulations to be observed by the Workmen employed in the Locomotive Department, n.d. [c. 1860]

Rules and Regulations to be observed by the workmen in the employ of Blair & Company Limited , n.d. [c.1860] Blair & Co. was the successor business to Fossick & Hackworth (later Fossick & Blair).

Regulations to be Observed by the workmen at the Walker Iron Works, n.d. [ pre-1865] The regulations are printed on reverse of a bill, charging James Smith, for the use of a steam crane, 14 October 1865 Walker Iron Works, Newcastle, was owned by Losh, Wilson & Bell.

Rules to be observed by all workmen employed at the Darlington Forge Company 's Works... , April 1866 The Darlington Forge Co. was established c .1860 and acquired the Albert Hill site of South Durham Iron Co. when that company went into liquidation in 1877.

Rules to be observed by all workmen employed at the Darlington Forge Company 's Works ..., April 1866

' Rules and Regulations to be observed by workmen in the employ of the Darlington Wagon Co. ', [1867] Includes: note that the rules were prepared by M. Mackay for W. Davison when the latter was appointed as manager, October 1867 The Darlington Wagon Co. was established in 1867. It became the Darlington Wagon & Engineering Co. in 1884 and closed down, c.1905.

Circular letter from John Williamson and James Wilson, Darlington, concerning the establishment of the Darlington Wagon Company at Albert Hill, Darlington, and the employment of William Davison of Shildon as manager, 14 November 1867

Notebook entitled 'Memorandum, 1840', containing measurements, details of engineering works and land purchases and other statistics of the Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway; miscellaneous statistics for the following railways: Great North of England Railway, Ulster Railway, Manchester & Leeds Railway, North Union Railway, Great Western Railway, North Midland Railway, London & Greenwich Railway, Glasgow, Paisley & Greenock Railway, Stockton & Darlington Railway, London & Birmingham Railway, Midland Counties Railway, York & North Midland Railway; and statistics relating to safety valves and copper fire boxes, 1840 - 1846

Blank memorandum of agreement between Thomas MacNay on behalf of William Trotter of Bishop Auckland, gent., and a second party, for the lease of a dwelling house at East Thickley, c.1845

Notebook entitled 'Foriegn [sic ] Memorandum', initialled 'WM'; containing notes of visits to examine machinery and equipment at Doncaster Railway Works, Yorkshire, 19 October 1855; [London &] South Western Railway Works, Nine Elms, London, 21 October 1855; Eastern Counties Railway [Works], Stratford, Essex, 22 October 1855; Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Surrey, 23 October 1855; Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire, n.d. [1855]; Ashford [Railway Works], Kent, n.d. [1855]; John Brown's Atlas Works, Sheffield, Yorkshire, n.d. [1855]; North Eastern Railway Works, Gateshead, 21 September 1857; William Armstrong's Elswick Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, 24 August 1858; West Hartlepool [Marine Engineering Works], 14 October 1859; S.G. Clay's Works, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, 26 June 1860; Robert Stephenson & Co. Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, 6 August 1869; Mr. Adamson's Engineering Works, Hyde Junction Cheshire, 13 May 1876; Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Carriage and Wagon Works, Miles Platting, Lancashire, 15 May 1876; London and North Western Railway Works, Crewe, Cheshire, 18 May 1876; Furness Railway Locomotive Works, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, 19-20 January 1877

Blank depositor's pass book of Darlington Penny Savings Bank, in the name of William MacNay, n.d. [ c.1857]

Request from the Great Northern Railway, Locomotive Department, Doncaster, to [William] MacNay, New Shildon, for a character reference for John French, with the completed form of reply, 4 and 6 May 1861

Notebook with some items initialled 'WM', containing various measurements and statistics relating to: Trials of coals at Shildon Gas Works, January - March 1864 Coal consumed at Shildon (Soho) Gas Works, October 1863 - June 1865 Water consumed at Shildon Pant, February and March 1864 Instructions for making patent cement, black varnish, paint thinner, glass and china cement, engraving acid, liquid for hardening chisels, etc., polishing paste, tinning iron, washing liquid, soft solder, liquid for hardening steel springs, Bolton polish, and grease, January 1849 and July 1866 Gas consumption at Shildon Works and engine sheds, January - December 1866 Repairs to 10-ton trucks, July - October 1866 Instructions for making welding flux, and liquids for handling tools, taps and dies, 1867 Tender for 300 mineral trucks for the North Eastern Railway, Darlington Section, January 1867 Cylinder iron mixture, March 1867 Operating information for Brusselton, Sunnyside and Stanley Incline Engines, December 1856 - January 1863 Corrosion of iron plates, October 1863 Strike of engine drivers and firemen on the North Eastern Railway, Darlington Section, April - May 1867 Wagons passing through Shildon, April - May 1867 Chaldron wagons for repair, January 1865 - December 1867 Belt sheaves and saws in Shildon Works Saw Mills, April 1866 Repairs to locomotives nos.91, 103 and 122, August - December 1867 Comparisons of locomotive heating surfaces, February 1865 Strata at Furnace Shaft, Shildon Lodge Colliery, 1863 Strata at the Water House, New Shildon, n.d. Strata at Jane Pit, Adelaide Colliery, n.d. Comparison of gas burners, March 1868 Copy letter from William MacNay, Shildon Works, to William Bouch, concerning later consumption in the company's cottages at the works, June 1869 Details of Sir George Musgrave's property in Redworth and Shildon townships, 1871 Mileage achieved by locomotive boiler tubes, September 1852 - June 1868 Trucks belonging to North Eastern Railway, Darlington Section, with details of repairs, January - December 1871 Test of volute buffer, January 1872 Speed of woodworking machinery at Shildon Works, 1871 Rules for calculating blacksmith's and strikers' piecework wages at Shildon Works, February 1872 Speed of circular saws, March 1872 Instructions for making white metal mixture, November 1872 Prices for builders' work charged by Edward Forster to Lord Eldon for new hind's house at Red House Farm, a new farm house at Williamfield and a new cottage at Hawthorn Farm, November 1873 and May 1874 Wear and tear on 10-ton trucks, March 1874 Instructions for making an additive to mortar for furnace construction, July 1876

Valuation by William MacNay for Grieveson and Whitwell of Darlington, of 18 six-ton coal wagons belonging to the North Bitchburn Coal Co., 9 February 1872 Gives details of the manufacturer and the condition of the wheels, axles, bearings, springs, axle guides, buffers, brakes, general iron work and body are given for each wagon.

Valuation by William MacNay for Grieveson and Whitwell of Darlington, of 12 six-ton coal wagons belonging to Mrs. M. Kirby, Thirsk, 7 July 1876 Gives details of the manufacturer and the condition of the wheels, axles, bearings, springs, axle guides, buffers, brakes, side doors, poles, shafts and body are given for each wagon

Circular letter from Walter R. Boone, Secretary of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Westminster, concerning train travel to the Glasgow meeting of the Institution, 29 July 1879 Endorsed: incomplete notes on the casting of pipes, n.d.

Photocopy of obituaries of, and eulogies on, Thomas MacNay; from the Darlington Mercury, 11 August 1869; the Darlington & Stockton Times, 14 August 1869; 'Local Notes' in the Darlington & Stockton Times, 14 August 1869; the half-yearly meeting of the North Eastern Railway Co. (Darlington Section), 21 August 1869; the Newcastle Chronicle , 14 August 1869; and the sermon preached at the Wesleyan Chapel, Bondgate, Darlington, on his death, 9 August 1869; copies made, n.d. [ c.1980]

Letter from B.R. MacNay, 37 Tetney Lane, Holton-le-Clay, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, to T. Toward [Clerk to Shildon Town Council], with details of the MacNay papers and of the lives of William and Thomas MacNay, 12 July 1980

The Newcastle Chronicle, with a report of the fifth-eighth day of the case of Rex versus Hunt and others, at York Assizes, concerning the 'Peterloo Massacre', 1 April 1820

Newspaper cutting entitled 'The 'Original' Locomotive Engine', to mark the laying of the foundation stone of a pedestal for Locomotion No.1 at Darlington, taken from the Darlington & Stockton Times, 13 June 1857

Newspaper cutting of a letter from Nathaniel Plews, on 'The 'Father of Railways' [Jonathan Backhouse], taken from the Darlington & Stockton Times, 13 June 1857

Newspaper cutting of a report of a lecture on 'England's Progress', given by [Thomas] MacNay to a meeting of the members of the Stockton & Darlington Railway Reading Room and Library, taken from the Darlington & Stockton Times, 27 November 1858

Newspaper cutting of a report of a lecture on 'Our Roads and Railways', given by [Thomas] MacNay to a meeting of the members of the Stockton & Darlington Railway Reading Room and Library, taken from the Darlington & Stockton Times, 24 November 1860

Newspaper cutting on the opening of the 'Darlington Street Railroad', taken from the Darlington & Stockton Times, 4 January 1862

Reprint of an article on the 'Origin of the Stockton and Darlington Railway' by J. Potts, from the Darlington & Stockton Times, 5 September 1863

Newspaper cutting of an article on 'The Opening of the First Passenger Railway', taken from the Durham Chronicle, 26 September 1863

Newspaper cutting of an article on the origin of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, entitled 'Leaf for the Local Historian, no. II', taken from the Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1 October 1863

Newspaper cutting of a letter on 'The Strike at the Hatcham Iron Works' from G. England and Co., with a copy of the workers' rules, taken from The Morning Star, 2 February 1865

Newspaper cutting of a report of a lecture on 'The Ideal and the Real', given by A.B. Whiting, with comments on the development of railways and Stephenson's early locomotives, taken from The Present Age, 19 March 1870

Newspaper cutting of an obituary on the death of Joseph Pease of Southend, Darlington, taken from The Northern Echo, 9 February 1872

Newspaper cutting of an article entitled 'Local Industrial Sketches, no.19 - The North Road Engine Works, Darlington', taken from The Northern Echo, 7 August 1872

Newspaper cutting of an article entitled 'Local Industrial Sketches, no.35 - The North Eastern Railway Company's Works', describing the works at Gateshead, West Hartlepool and Stockton, taken from The Northern Echo, 18 October 1872

Newspaper cutting of a railway accident at Wingful, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, taken from the Newcastle Chronicle, 27 June 1873

Newspaper cutting of an article entitled 'The Cleveland Owners and Miners. Mr. Rupert Kettle's Award', concerning a dispute over wages in the Cleveland ironstone mines, taken from The Northern Echo, 11 July 1873

Newspaper cutting of an article entitled 'North of England Iron Trade. Mr. Rupert Kettle's Award', concerning a dispute over the sliding scale of wages in the North of England iron industry, taken from The Northern Echo, 14 October 1873

Newspaper cutting of the report of an appeal in the case of the North Eastern Railway Co. versus R[alph] Ward Jackson, in which the latter lost his appeal, taken from The Northern Echo, 19 February 1874

Newspaper cutting of a letter from 'Vindex', entitled 'The 'Farce' at Shildon', on a performance at the Mechanics' Hall, Shildon, on behalf of the Shildon Ladies' Benevolent Society, taken from the Auckland Chronicle, December 1874

Newspaper cutting of an article entitled 'A Durham Naturalist [Joseph Duff of Bishop Auckland]' taken from the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, 7 September 1878

Newspaper cutting entitled 'Mr. Bouch's New Work', on the suspension bridge across the Firth of Forth, [designed by Thomas Bouch], taken from the Darlington & Richmond Herald, 5 October 1878

Newspaper cutting entitled 'The Tay Bridge Disaster', with part of a report of the enquiry into the disaster, taken from the Darlington & Stockton Times, 24 April 1880

Newspaper cutting of a report of a meeting of Shildon and East Thickley Local Board at which a reporter from The Northern Echo was expelled, taken from the Auckland Times & Herald, 22 October 1880

Newspaper cutting of an obituary on the death of Sir Thomas Bouch, taken from The Northern Echo, 1 November 1880

Newspaper cutting of an obituary entitled 'Death of a Railway Veteran' [Thomas Law of Gateshead, foreman engineer of the North Eastern Railway], taken from unidentified newspaper, 1 November 1880

Newspaper cutting on the career of Charles MacNay, engineer and merchant, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., taken from The Lancaster Intelligencer, 21 August 1886 Charles MacNay was the youngest son of Thomas MacNay

Facsimile of the first edition of The Newcastle Chronicle..., 24 March 1764, published as a souvenir of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1887

George Benson' s Souvenir of (H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, now) King Edward VII. First Visit to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, when he was accompanied by... Queen Victoria on the occasion of Her Majesty opening the High Level Bridge, September 28th 1849 , with an engraving of the opening ceremony and an extract from The Lady's Newspaper of 6 October 1849, n.d. [1902]

Sections of a connecting rod, releasing oil cylinder, air pump valve and plummer block of a 'Horizontal Condensing Steam Engine, 50 HP Details ... William Dickes, Farringdon Road, E.C. [lithographer]', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.21, 25 June 1869 Scales: [1:2]; [1:4]; [1:8]

Sections of a connecting rod, releasing oil cylinder, air pump valve and plummer block of a 'Horizontal Condensing Steam Engine, 50 HP Details ... William Dickes, Farringdon Road, E.C. [lithographer]', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.21, 25 June 1869 Scales: [1:2]; [1:4]; [1:8]

Elevations and cross-section of 'Pumping Engines as made for St. Thomas' Water Works, Exeter ... Bevington & Courtauld, Engineers, Bermondsey, S.E.', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.22, 2 July 1869 Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Drawing of 'Pumps and Connections for Pumping Engines, St. Thomas' Water Works, Exeter ... Bevington & Courtald, Engineers, Bermondsey, SE', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.23, 6 August 1869 Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Plans, elevations and cross-sections of a 'Three Throw Switch [railway points] ... William Dickes, Farringdon Road, E.C. [lithographer]', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.24, 20 August 1869 Scales: 3 inches to 4 feet [1:16]; 1 inch to 7 inches [1:7]

Tables of the Teeth of Wheels by the late Robert Adcock, C.E., showing measurements of the teeth of the cog wheels, published as a supplement to The Engineer, 17 September 1869

Side and end elevations and sections of 'Standard First and Second Class Carriages, North London Railway, from the Designs of Mr. W. Adams, Locomotive Department ... William Dickes, Farringdon Road, EC [lithographer], published as a supplement to The Engineer, 1 October 1869

Plan, elevations and sections, and general plan of 'Boulogne Harbour New Floating Basin', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.27, 12 November 1869 Scale: 2 inches to 70 feet [1:240]; 1 inch to 18 feet [1:336]

Cross-section and horizontal section of 'Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 10 Wheeled Tank Engine. Mr. George Berkley, M.Inst.C.E., Mr. John Kershaw, M.Inst.C.E., Engineers. Sharp Stewart & Co. Limited, Manufacturers', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.28, 31 December 1869 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Plan and sections of the boat and section through the harbour hydraulic hoist installation of a 'Design for Ferry Boats ... John Fowler [and] James Abernethy, Engineers in Chief, William Wilson, Engineer ... W. Dickes, Farringdon Road EC [lithographer]', published as a supplement to The Engineer, 11 March 1870 Scale: 1 inch to 25 feet [1:300]

Cross-sections, and elevation of a standard fishplate of 'C.P. Sandberg's Standard Sections for Steel and Superior Iron Rails ... W. Dickes, Farringdon Road, EC [lithographer]', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.32, 1 April 1870 Scale: [1:1] (1 plan, 83 cm. x 58.5 cm., lithograph]

Elevations of 'Cornish Engine Series No.3, 18" Pit-work at Crenver and Abraham Mine, Engine 90" Cylinder', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.33, 6 May 1870 Scale: Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Cross-section and horizontal section of a 'Four Coupled Engine L[ondon], B[righton] & S[outh] C[oast] R[ailway], by Mr. J.C. Craven, M.I.C.E., late locomotive superintendent ... W. Dickes, lithographer, London', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.34, 3 June 1870 Scale: 1 inch to 12 inches [1:12]

Section and elevations of 'Oscillating Engines with Surface Condensers, 120 HP Colliery [Engine] by Messrs. James Watt & Co ... William Dickes, Farringdon Road, EC [lithographer]', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.36, 5 August 1870 Scale: approx. 1 inch to 12 inches [1:12]

Sections and elevations of 'Cornish Engine Series No.5, Details of Pit Work Crenver and Abraham Mine', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.37, 7 October 1870 Scale: approx. 1.5 inches to 21 inches [1:14]

Sections and elevations of 'Details of Oscillating Engines & Surface Condensers 120 HP Colliery [Engine], by Messrs. James Watt & Co ... William Dickes, Farringdon Road, EC [lithographer]', published as a supplement to The Engineer, no.39, 2 December 1870 Scale: approx. 1 inch to 10 inches [1:10]

Outline plan of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, showing streets, dock and railways, n.d. [ c.1840] Scale: approx. 40 inches to 1 mile [1:1084]

Plan of part of Middridge township, showing Greenfields House Middridge Quarry, old and new routes of Walker Lane, field boundaries and railway from Shildon to Darlington; taken from O.S. sheets XLII 12 and 16, n.d. [ post 1856] Three fields are highlighted by colour wash; the plan was in envelope marked 'Tracing of Hare Cass Land' Scale: 25.344 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Longitudinal and cross sections of the boring scaffold, and details of the chisels, guide rod and handle entitled 'Drawing of the Apparatus for boring without the use of the boring rods but by a heavy solid iron chisel or stonecutter suspended by a rope. This is used at the Saarbuck mines', n.d. [ c.1860] Scales: 1 inch to 3 feet [1:36]; 1 1/4 inches to 12 inches [approx. 1:10]

Daily record of locomotive availability at Shildon, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; Darlington; Waskerley; Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland; and Tebay, Westmorland, 20 January 1890 Endorsed: a copy of the chemical analysis of the water from Shildon Lodge Colliery

Photocopies of notes on the area, population, rateable value and poor law representatives, of Shildon, East Thickley, Eldon, Middridge, Middridge Grange civil parishes, c.1914; photocopies made, n.d. [c.1980]