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Joseph Swan’s recollection of the first use of his incandescent lightbulbs at Cragside
Plan of Seathwaite showing wad-mine surface and workings, 1821
Drawing of the first composite passenger coach introduced on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1830-31
Lithograph depicting Hetton Colliery
High level Bridge, Newcastle
Replica of ‘Rocket’ 1886.
Painting by Giovanni Montiroli of a design for the Ceiling of the Saloon at Alnwick Castle. c.1850
Articles of partnership between John Brunner and Ludwig Mond, 28 February 1873
Photograph of Bessemer Convertor
Illustration of George Stephenson's locomotive, ‘Locomotion’ 1875
Cunard Staff Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Jan 1923).
Baptism of Capability Brown
Drawing of a retort used by Boulton and Watt to provide gas lighting at Phillips and Lee textile mill Salford, 1805.
Plan of the Saltburn Inclined Tramway
“The first report of a society for preventing accidents in coal mines”
Port Sunlight Works and Village c1914
Register of Archbishop Walter de Grey, 1225-1255
Colne Valley Division Labour Union Minute Book 1891-1900
Birdseye View of Barrow Docks and Shipbuilding Yard
“W and D” Birdseye View of Textiles of Manchester
Pre-Gestee advert c1940, fore runner of PG Tips
George Stephenson's Rocket, 1822
Ten Years of Nuclear Power, publicity publication by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1966
NEWCASTLE BRANCH: RECORD OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES AND NOTES FROM PRIVATE LETTERS, 1828-1832
‘Wash your hands now – as mummy does!’ c1960 leaflet
Electric light fittings for St George's Church, Preston designed by Sir Albert Richardson
Mersey Tunnel Construction photograph
Flying machines designed by Sir George Cayley (1773-1857)
Plan of the proposed harbour buildings at Seaham by John Dobson, 1828
Photograph of Queensway Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool to Birkenhead under construction, 1931
Map of the River Weaver, surveyor John Billington 1721
High level Bridge, Newcastle
Symeon of Durham On the origins and progress of the church of Durham
‘Jumbo Farm’ Minute Book 1861-1863'
Set of playing cards depicting the counties of England and Wales, Robert Morden, 1676
