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Short Brothers Ltd, shipbuilders

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Date: 1870-1974
Places:
  • Sunderland, Durham
Functions, occupations and activities: Engineering: Mechanical > Shipbuilding and marine engineering
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C101198 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6588 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1870-1974: letter books, ledgers, cost books, contract, quotations and wages records etc
Tyne and Wear Archives
NRA 22559 Short

See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2
c1876-89: ship plans (5 items)
Durham County Record Office
NRA 31633 Austin
3
1924-1946: drawings and photographs
Tyne and Wear Archives
See LA Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry, 1992
4
1958-64: scrapbook including photographs and newspaper cuttings
Tyne and Wear Archives
See Annual Return 2011