Cowans, Sheldon & Co Ltd, crane manufacturers

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Date:	1623-2010
Places:	Carlisle, Cumberland
Functions, occupations and activities:	Engineering: Mechanical > Construction machinery
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C102716 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6200 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1623-2010: minutes, ledgers, contract files, calculations, estimate, weight, wages and order books, drawings, deeds	Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle	DB 40	NRA 35350 See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2	19th-20th cent: estimate, contract, materials, calculation, progress and wages records (additional)	Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle	DB 40	See Report of County Archivist Dec 1987, p10
3	1960-70: plans & films	Tyne and Wear Archives	DS.CC1	NRA 40470 Clarke Chapman
4	19th-20th cent: minutes, property records	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		See BAC Company Archives, no 164
5	1950-1980: records of chief engineer	Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle	H8192	See Annual Return 2007
6	c1800-1999: records and ephemera	Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle	H8223	See Annual Return 2007
7	1859-1985: additional records, incl register of apprentices, registers and corresp	Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle	DB 40	See Annual Return 2008