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	DS.SH	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)	The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)	D/AP/23-27	NRA 31633 Austin
3	1924-1946: drawings and photographs	Tyne and Wear Archives	Acc.3544	See LA Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry, 1992
4	1958-64: scrapbook including photographs and newspaper cuttings	Tyne and Wear Archives	DS.SH	See Annual Return 2011