Plan of the Saltburn Inclined Tramway

Painting by Giovanni Montiroli of a design for the Ceiling of the Saloon at Alnwick Castle. c.1850

Register of Archbishop Walter de Grey, 1225-1255

Drawing of the first composite passenger coach introduced on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1830-31

Electric light fittings for St George's Church, Preston designed by Sir Albert Richardson

Joseph Swan’s recollection of the first use of his incandescent lightbulbs at Cragside

Map of the River Weaver, surveyor John Billington 1721

Set of playing cards depicting the counties of England and Wales, Robert Morden, 1676

Flying machines designed by Sir George Cayley (1773-1857)

“The first report of a society for preventing accidents in coal mines”

Plan of Seathwaite showing wad-mine surface and workings, 1821

Drawing of a retort used by Boulton and Watt to provide gas lighting at Phillips and Lee textile mill Salford, 1805.

Photograph of Bessemer Convertor

‘Wash your hands now – as mummy does!’ c1960 leaflet

Illustration of George Stephenson's locomotive, ‘Locomotion’ 1875

Lithograph depicting Hetton Colliery

Photograph of Queensway Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool to Birkenhead under construction, 1931

“W and D” Birdseye View of Textiles of Manchester

Plan of the proposed harbour buildings at Seaham by John Dobson, 1828

Ten Years of Nuclear Power, publicity publication by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1966