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Illustration of George Stephenson's locomotive, ‘Locomotion’ 1875
“W and D” Birdseye View of Textiles of Manchester
Birkenhead Park – sales plan
‘Our Northern Film Heritage’
Plan of the Saltburn Inclined Tramway
Alexandra Park
Joseph Swan’s recollection of the first use of his incandescent lightbulbs at Cragside