Nasmyth, Wilson & Co Ltd, ironfounders, locomotive, hydraulic and general engineers

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Date:	1796-1985
Places:	Eccles, Lancashire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Engineering: Mechanical > Pumps, valves, compressors and hydraulic equipment \| Engineering: Mechanical > Railway equipment \| Engineering: Mechanical > Mechanical engineering (general) \| Metal processing and manufacturing > Iron founding and casting
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C111983 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6907 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1836-1985: letter books, day book, order books, sales books, record of locomotives sold, manager's production notes, plans; research papers	Salford City Archives	U268 U269	NRA 33743 Nasmyth See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2	1841-1862: machinery drawings	Institution of Mechanical Engineers Archive	END	NRA 43545
3	1839-1938: locomotive record books, engineering drawings, specification books	Search Engine (National Railway Museum)	NAS	NRA 44241
4	1875-1939: notebooks of Nathan Walker partly rel to boilers and locomotives	Salford City Archives	U49	NRA 19178 Salford AC misc
5	1842-1850: partnership deeds (3)	Lancashire Archives	DDX 260	See Guide, 1985, p166
6	1796-1885: drawings (702) mainly by James Nasmyth	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3241-3
7	1922-1927: locomotive specification book	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Eng Ms 1514