Vulcan Foundry Ltd, locomotive builders

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Date:	1825-1978
Places:	Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Engineering: Mechanical > Railway equipment
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C103472 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B9672 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1825-1978: corporate, financial and production records, drawings, photographs, property and staff records, misc papers; letters to foreman	National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives and Library	B/VF, DX/603	NRA 29901 Vulcan Foundry See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2	1864-1968: corporate and administrative records	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Marconi Archives	NRA 35463
3	1864-1963: letter books and corresp, workmen's registers, company magazines and diaries	Newton-le-Willows Community Library	NI/VU	NRA 36782 Vulcan
4	1833-1945: corporate papers, index of deeds and papers rel to company history	St Helens Archive Service	VU	NRA 24416 St Helens Library
5	1934-1969: calculations books, drawings registers, drawings	Search Engine (National Railway Museum)		See HMC National Railway Mus file, July 1993
6	1837-1849: accounts (3 vols) of Charles Tayleur, Sons & Co	National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives and Library	1993.298	See Annual Return 1993
7	records	Search Engine (National Railway Museum)	1996-7233	See Annual Return 1996