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The Victoria Engine designed by James Close 1837
Chartist movement poster, Carlisle, 1839
Lithograph depicting Hetton Colliery
Photograph of Bessemer Convertor
High level Bridge, Newcastle
‘Jumbo Farm’ Minute Book 1861-1863'
High level Bridge, Newcastle
First Minute Book, Northern Architectural Association
Architectural plan of the Bank of England, Newcastle branch
Laws and Objects of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers
Poster advertising The People's Excursion Trains to the Art,Treasures Exhibition, Manchester
Cunard Passenger List `Passengers for Halifax and Boston: No. 1' (Jul 1840-Dec 1844) 1 volume.
Mortality Map of Cholera in 1866
Alexandra Park
Flying machines designed by Sir George Cayley (1773-1857)
Painting by Giovanni Montiroli of a design for the Ceiling of the Saloon at Alnwick Castle. c.1850
University of Durham 1837 Charter
Birdseye View of Barrow Docks and Shipbuilding Yard
Sketch of wall hanging from the Art Treasures Manchester exhibition,