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Collapse D5525 - Rolls-Royce, Derby: Rocket Department

D5525 - Rolls-Royce, Derby: Rocket Department

Expand 1 - Plans and diagrams - 1957-1967

1 - Plans and diagrams - 1957-1967

Expand 2 - Reports - 1955-1962

2 - Reports - 1955-1962

Expand 3 - Published items relating to Spadeadam - 1947-1990s

3 - Published items relating to Spadeadam - 1947-1990s

Expand 4 - Articles and papers not related to Spadeadam - 1956-1988

4 - Articles and papers not related to Spadeadam - 1956-1988

Expand 5 - Spadeadam photographs - (1950s-1960s)

5 - Spadeadam photographs - (1950s-1960s)

Collapse 6 - Other photographs - (20th cent)

6 - Other photographs - (20th cent)

1 - Photograph showing three men looking at a plan/blueprint, early 20th cent (reproduction copy produced by Rolls-Royce Ltd Photographic Services) - 20th cent

2 - Photograph of a car production line, early 20th cent (reproduction copy produced by Rolls-Royce Ltd Photographic Services) - 20th cent

3 - Photograph of workmen in assembly workshop, early-mid 20th cent (reproduction copy produced by Rolls-Royce Ltd Photographic Services) - 20th cent

4 - Photograph of 10 horse power 2 cylinder Rolls-Royce car built 1906 (reproduction copy produced by Rolls-Royce Ltd Photographic Services) - 20th cent

6 - Photograph of engine, labelled 'Shaft HP Nene on D Hangar from print made 19 Nov 1946' (later reproduction copy) - 20th cent

7 - Photograph of engine, labelled 'Nene on 5000 HP Rig', undated [c1946] (later reproduction copy) - 20th cent

8 - Photograph taken at an engineering exhibition, Glasgow (stamped 'Rolls-Royce Ltd') - 20th cent

9 - Aerial photograph of factory complex [Sinfin?], undated (reproduction copy produced by Rolls-Royce Ltd Photographic Services) - 20th cent

10 - Photograph of Hawker Sea 'Hornet' biplane [early 20th cent] (reproduction copy produced by Rolls-Royce Ltd Photographic Services) - 20th cent

11-12 - Photographs showing man being interviewed and filmed in front of [jet/rocket engine?], stamped 'Rolls-Royce Limited, industrial and marine gas turbine division' - (c1960s)

13 - Photographic copy plan showing metals used in construction of [speedboat/car?], stamped 'Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited, Derby Engine Division' - (20th cent)

14-15 - Photographs of fighter planes, stamped 'Rolls-Royce Limited' - (20th cent)

16 - Photograph of Blue Streak rocket next to Hawker Siddeley stand at outdoor exhibition, stamped 'The de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd. Photographic Department' - (1960s)

17-19 - Photographs of static test firing of Rolls-Royce/Allison TF41 rocket engine, one dated June/July 1969 (two colour; one black and white) - 1969

20 - Unlabelled photograph showing an engine - (20th cent)

21-23 - Photographs of jet/rocket engine held horizontally [in preparation for static testing?] - (20th cent)

24-25 - Photographs of [construction of horizontal engine test area?] - (20th cent)

26 - Photograph of machinery, labelled 'Rolls-Royce Ltd' - (20th cent)

27 - Promotional photograph of the Rotol 'Flying Power Station' showing an engine and a man, stamped 'Rotol Photograph, 26.10.43' - 1943

28 - Photograph of Fedden Flat Six engine, with typescript explanatory notes stuck onto back (engine to fit inside the wing of a light personal twin engine aircraft, to be exhibited at the Paris Aero show opening 15 November) - (20th cent)

29 - Colour photograph showing group of five men looking at an old engine exhibited in a museum/exhibition room [late 20th cent] (produced by Rolls-Royce Ltd Photographic Services) - (20th cent)

National Coal Board

Local Studies Periodicals

Local Studies Periodicals

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

National Coal Board

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

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