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George Stephenson's Rocket, 1822
Illustration of George Stephenson's locomotive, ‘Locomotion’ 1875
The Victoria Engine designed by James Close 1837
Photograph of Bessemer Convertor
Diaries and journals of Ellen Weeton (written 1807-1825)
Cellar book for His Grace the Duke of Bridgewater
Plan of the Saltburn Inclined Tramway
High level Bridge, Newcastle
Replica of ‘Rocket’ 1886.
Birkenhead Park – sales plan
Photograph of the tanker 'World Unicorn' before launch
Cunard Staff Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Jan 1923).
Scrapbook of Bradford views and portraits
Drawing of the first composite passenger coach introduced on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1830-31
Alfred Wainwright 1907-1991
Mersey Tunnel Construction photograph
High level Bridge, Newcastle
Map of the River Weaver, surveyor John Billington 1721
Flying machines designed by Sir George Cayley (1773-1857)
RMS Eskimo in a Norwegian fjord
Roker Pier, Sunderland, under construction
Poster advertising The People's Excursion Trains to the Art,Treasures Exhibition, Manchester
Set of playing cards depicting the counties of England and Wales, Robert Morden, 1676
“The first report of a society for preventing accidents in coal mines”
Ennis and Freeman on Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction
Simon Temple's plan of Jarrow and the River Tyne
Photograph of Queensway Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool to Birkenhead under construction, 1931
Photograph of Walter Marshall while serving as a pilot in the RAF in the Middle
Ferry boats
‘Our Northern Film Heritage’
Photograph of the construction of the Tyne Bridge
Cammell Laird – photograph of the launch of the Windsor Castle
Plan of Seathwaite showing wad-mine surface and workings, 1821
Birdseye View of Barrow Docks and Shipbuilding Yard
George Walker’s watercolours for The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814
Cunard Passenger List `Passengers for Halifax and Boston: No. 1' (Jul 1840-Dec 1844) 1 volume.
Manchester Caribbean Carnival leaflet, 1993
‘Part of the Wall near Benwell Hill, with an Apple Tree growing upon its Summit’
