Catalogue description Special Collections: Briggs Collection
Reference: | RAIL 1148 |
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Title: | Special Collections: Briggs Collection |
Description: |
Briggs Collection consists of three guard books containing a collection of original and copy letters etc., from George and Robert Stephenson, original letters from I.K. Brunel (1837-1841) and George Hudson (1842-1846), and a collection of original letters from well-known people, including James Allport; Wm. Cubitt; Timothy Hackworth; Jas. Nasmyth; John Peirson; William Shaw; Thomas Tredgold and others. The collection also contains Isaac Briggs' Diary, items on the Chevet Tunnel, and the Catalogue of the Museum and Archive contents of Briggs' collection. |
Date: | 1820-1878 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | SPC 2. |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Physical description: | 6 volume(s) |
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