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George Stephenson's Rocket, 1822
Birdseye View of Barrow Docks and Shipbuilding Yard
Photograph of Queensway Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool to Birkenhead under construction, 1931
‘Our Northern Film Heritage’
Flying machines designed by Sir George Cayley (1773-1857)
Photograph of the construction of the Tyne Bridge
Plan of the Saltburn Inclined Tramway
Set of playing cards depicting the counties of England and Wales, Robert Morden, 1676
Simon Temple's plan of Jarrow and the River Tyne
Ferry boats
Alfred Wainwright 1907-1991
Roker Pier, Sunderland, under construction
Photograph of Walter Marshall while serving as a pilot in the RAF in the Middle
Cunard Staff Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Jan 1923).
Manchester Caribbean Carnival leaflet, 1993
Cammell Laird – photograph of the launch of the Windsor Castle
Illustration of George Stephenson's locomotive, ‘Locomotion’ 1875
RMS Eskimo in a Norwegian fjord
Birkenhead Park – sales plan
High level Bridge, Newcastle
‘Part of the Wall near Benwell Hill, with an Apple Tree growing upon its Summit’
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
Photograph of the tanker 'World Unicorn' before launch
Cellar book for His Grace the Duke of Bridgewater
Cunard Passenger List `Passengers for Halifax and Boston: No. 1' (Jul 1840-Dec 1844) 1 volume.
Diaries and journals of Ellen Weeton (written 1807-1825)
Mersey Tunnel Construction photograph
Poster advertising The People's Excursion Trains to the Art,Treasures Exhibition, Manchester
Ennis and Freeman on Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction
Replica of ‘Rocket’ 1886.
Map of the River Weaver, surveyor John Billington 1721
High level Bridge, Newcastle
Scrapbook of Bradford views and portraits
“The first report of a society for preventing accidents in coal mines”
George Walker’s watercolours for The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814
The Victoria Engine designed by James Close 1837
Photograph of Bessemer Convertor
