Historical Engineering Drawings

7 drawings from the South Wales Railway Contract No.12 showing bridges, embankments, culverts and tunnels. Made between the said railway company and John Sharpe. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

15 drawings from the South Wales Railway Contract No.15 showing bridges, embankments, culverts and tunnels. Made between the said railway company and Samuel Garratt. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

36 drawings from the Great Western Railway Contract No.1B showing bridges and tunnels. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

1 drawing showing Banwell [Worle] Station. It was built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway and opened on the 14th June 1841. It was renamed as Worle Station by the Great Western Railway in 1869.

4 drawings showing Beam Bridge Station. Beam Bridge Station was built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway and opened on 01 May 1843. It was closed by the Great Western Railway in 1844.

13 drawings showing Bristol Terminus. The station was built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway on 14 June 1841 and closed in June 1874. It was replaced by Bristol Temple Meads Station. The building was then sold off at privatisation of British Railways. As of 2020 the station has re-entered railway ownership.

1 drawing of Exeter Station. The station was built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway and opened on 01 May 1844 and closed around 1862.

1 drawing of Hele Station. It was built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway and opened on 01 May 1844. It was renamed Hele and Bradninch in 1867 but closed to passengers in 1964.

11 drawings of Taunton Station. The station was built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway and was opened on 01 July 1842.

26 drawings and one contract from the Great Western Railway Contract No.2B between the said railway company and William Ranger showing tunnels, bridges, embankments, cuttings and culverts. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

8 drawings showing Wellington Station. The station was built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway and opened on 01 May 1843. It was renamed Wellington (Somerset) by British Rail and closed in 1964.

14 drawings showing the rebuilt Capels Viaduct, replacing the earlier Cheltenham and Great Western Union Timber Viaduct from Contract No.2.

3 drawings from the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Contract No.1 Sapperton Tunnel, showing bridges, embankments, culverts and tunnels. Made between the said railway company and Messrs Ritson and Fowler. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

17 drawings from the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway showing the original Brunel Timber Viaduct from the 1840s and the later, 1870s brick replacement built by the Great Western Railway.

1 contract from the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway detailing the specifications for building the Station. Signed by Tredwell.