033/034/035 - Royal Albert Bridge

Two separate drawings on one sheet. First drawing is of horizontal movement of the first tube showing both results for the west and the east observed 14 times between July 12th and August 8th. Second drawing is of testing tube no. 1 with sections to shew depression of cast iron below standards at ends of tube during testing observed 6 times between July 9th and August 4th.

Drawing is of main opening development of tube side pier showing double plates, Keelson plates and holes in Angle irons

Drawing is of half transverse section through centre of bridge with half section at end of tube. Sheet 2 of 2. Sheet 1 is NRCA162171.

Two Drawings on one sheet. The first drawing shows a diagram of the truss and the second drawing shows a misshapen circle with pencil hatching

Two separate drawings on one sheet. First drawing is of pier No. 5 west and is an elevation showing construction progress between Sptember 1st and March 1st. Second drawing is of sections between the piles on the south and east sides of the coffer dam.

Drawing is of a plan of the land in the Saltash area showing the route the bridge will take over the River Tamar from Coombe Lake to Little Ash. Drawing is signed by [Mark] Johnson, Plymouth.

Four separate drawings on one sheet. First drawing is two drawings of arrangement of links and ends of main chains, scale one and a half inches to a foot. Second drawing is of sections of tube dated 24 June 1857. Third drawing is of end of tube and alterations in bends of plates dated 28 December 1855 with a scale of one inch to a foot. Fourth drawing has two drawings of [fitting of plates for centre of tubes] with a scale of two inches to a foot and dated 20 February 1857.

Five separate drawings on one sheet. First drawing is of position of valves in pontoons with drawings of Saltash pontoons and Irish pontoons dated May 18th 1857, one sixteenth of inch to a foot. Second drawing is of attachment of vertical links to tube, one inch to a foot, June 27th 1855. Third drawing is of diagram to shew coincidence of cylinder with surface of rock, July 28th 1855. Fourth drawing is of shapes for cutting out the dome. Four feet to an inch. Fifth drawing is of west side pier south end elevation, ten feet to an inch, March 4th 1857.

Drawing is of an elevation of the Royal Albert Bridge showing the incremental raising of the spans and girders between September 1857 and January 1859.

Two drawings on one sheet. Both drawings are plan and section of piston for air pump.

Drawing is of centre pier including plan of top of standard below the cross girder, plan of bottom of standard above cap of column, and plan of cups of columns.