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D1851 - Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield (1902-c1997), formerly of Bermondsey, Surrey (1803-1902), engineering firm - 18th-20th cent
1 - Directors' Minute Books - 1906-1974
2 - General meetings minute books - 1969-1974
3 - Drawing Office order books - 1930-1975
4 - Records Books': summaries of orders - 1923-1970
5 - Drawing Office sketches - 1935
6 - Government Drawing Office Order books - 1950-1953
7 - Rateau Specialities drawing index - 1936-1956
8 - Shipping specifications - 1934
9 - Drawings Books marked 'S' & 'SD' - 20th cent
10 - Accounts (some may be marked D1851/11) - 1930-1960s
11 - Number not used
12 - Schedule of assets - Mar 1947
13 - George Waller & Son Ltd., Stroud (incorporated 1917) minute books - 1917-1955
14 - George Waller & Son Ltd., Stroud: Partnership accounts - 1901-1916
15 - George Waller & Son Ltd., Stroud: General cash books/journals, private ledgers - 1909-1961
16 - George Waller & Son Ltd., Stroud: Pattern book - c1940
17 - British Furnaces Ltd: Minute Books - 1921-1957
18 - E Tallis & Sons Ltd, Birmingham: Shareholders and certificates - 1941-1969
19 - Constructional Engineering Co Ltd - 1912-c1961
20 - Adaptable Moulding Machine Co., Birmingham - 1936-1968
21 - Copy articles of agreement re training of Bryan Donkin as millwright - Mar [1792]
22 - Profit and loss accounts of 'Mr Donkin's manufactory', Bermondsey, Surrey - 29 Jun 1811
23 - Articles of clerkship of Henry Donkin, son of Bryan Donkin, with his uncle Henry Donkin, King's Bench attorney - 13 Jun 1833
24 - Bryan Donkin's journal - 1824-1835
25 - Bryan Donkin day book - 1824-1843
26 - Guard books - 1878-c1950
27 - Lists of engines - 1856-1926
28 - List of apprentices - 1896
29 - Employee agreements - early 20th cent
30 - Copy of Trade Marks Journal - 1876
31 - Horizontal engine register - 1913-1950
32 - Register of engines Marked 'No 1' - 1914-1955
33 - Register of engines despatched - Mar 1897-Dec 1948
34 - Register of fan compressors - c1890-1970
35 - Registers of exhausters - 1885-1930
36 - Register of tar and liquor pumps - 1905-1948
37 - Rateau fans marked 'no 1' - 1932-1966
38 - Rateau pumps 'pattern no 1' - 1936-1946
39 - Unfinished work' - 1927-1936
40 - Stock inventory - 1913
41 - Trade catalogues - 1879-1922
42-52 - Newsletters and papers re staff organization, including Allotment Garden Assoc, Cricket Club, Orchestral Society, Rifle Club, Benevolent Fund, Cycle club, Ambulance club, Ladies' ambulance club, 'Sick and dividing' club, Employees' annual dinner - early 20th cent
53 - Photographs of employees - 20th cent
54 - Publicity material, leaflets etc - 20th cent
55 - Visitors' books - 1966-1999
56 - Historical notes and publications re Bryan Donkin Co Ltd - 1803-1953
57 - Drawings Index Books - ?20th Cent
58 - Seals register, May 1960 - Jun 1961 - 1960-1961
BOX - Bryan Donkin Company Ltd: box lists
OS - Bryan Donkin Company Ltd: oversize items
P - Engineering Drawings - 1795-c1900
1 - Paper-making machinery - 19th cent
2 - Printing Machinery - 19th cent
3 - Engines, furnaces and Boilers - 19th cent
4 - Other types of machinery - 19th cent
1 - Drawing of two cutters, to be supplied by Mr Waring, edge tool maker, Worthy Street, Moorfields - 1813
2 - Side and end elevations of large bevil wheel and pinion by Marc Brunel - 1815
3 - Drawing of water wheel (76 feet in diameter) for the Tuscan felted cloth mill, San Marcello, near Florence - 12 Nov 1842
4 - Drawings re machinery driven by water wheel (possibly a steel rolling mill) - 1840-1841
5 - Blowing machine - 1820s-1830s
6 - Automatic counting machine for recording number of items produced - 2 Aug 1847
7 - Drawing of a crane used at the erection of Southwark Bridge - 1834
8 - Crane at Carron Warehouse, Upper Thames Street [London], with descripton of power output - 1845
9 - Design for travelling crane, comprising side and end elevations and plan - 1847
10 - Derrick crane - early 19th Cent
11 - Levers, pulleys and weights for fur cutting machine, made in 1828 - [c1828]
12 - Elevation of vertical veneer saw machine - 1842
13-14 - "Specification of Mr Donkin's invention" - 1823
15 - Front and end elevation of press for making oil-cloth substitute, for Mr Sarrazin - 1836
16 - 64-horse power turbine. - Mid 19th Cent
17 - Plan and elevations of wood-breaking machine - 1860
18 - Drawing of carriage with fluted rollers - 1820s-1830s
19-20 - Two plans of an unidentified piece of machinery: one in colour (marked "Sheet 1"), and pen and ink drawing on the reverse of an incomplete plan of gardens and a roadway - mid 19th cent
21 - "Vacuum apparatus No 5453" - 1838
5 - Mr Sunnerdahl's paper mill, Klippan, Sweden - c.1830-1872
6 - Building and transport plans - 1795-c1900
7 - Technical drawings on microfiche - 1952-1969
UL - Bryan Donkin: unlisted material - 19th-20th cent
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