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19 drawings and one contract from the Great Western Railway Contract No.4B between the said railway company and Charles Wilkins showing bridges, embankments, cuttings and culverts. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

10 April 1837

3 drawings showing Contract 1B and St Philips Viaduct

1840

27 drawings and one contract from the Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Worcester Tunnel Contract by the said railway company and Henry Oldham. Showing bridges, embankments, cuttings and culverts. This contract takes the Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway through Astwood to the Union Workhouse in Saint Martin. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

04 July 1846

Drawings of York Station

1856- c.1922

8 drawings and one contract from the Great Western Railway Masonry Contract No.12B and 13B between the said railway company and David Aust showing bridges, embankments, cuttings and culverts. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

19 August 1840

12 drawings showing Runcorn Railway Bridge designed by William Baker.

1860-1870

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.

1845-1879

3 drawings and one contract from the Bristol and Exeter Railway Contract 2T by the said railway company and Richard and George Hill. Showing bridges, embankments, cuttings and culverts. This contract takes the Bristol and Exeter Railway from Pyle Hill to the River Avon. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

02 December 1839

46 drawings from the Great Western Railway Swindon Station Contract by the said railway company. Showing station buildings. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

1835-1900

9 drawings and one contract from the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Contract 2R (Moulsford Bridge) by the said railway company. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

1835-1840

2 drawings showing the crossing of the River Severn at or near Gloucester

20 June 1849

11 drawings from the Cheltenham and Great Western union Railway Contract No.3 showing bridges, embankments, culverts and tunnels. Made between the said railway company and Messrs Tredwell. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

24 June 1843

51 drawings showing bridges, viaducts, tunnels and culverts from the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway.

1845-1870

8 drawings from the Great Western Railway Contract No.14B by the said railway company showing bridges, embankments, cuttings and culverts. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

[1835-1840]

7 drawings showing 'Battersea Viaduct' from the London Brighton and South Coast Railway which then became the Grosvenor Bridge under the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway.

1855-1907

16 drawings showing the structures on the Falmouth Branch line.

1862

1 drawing from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway company showing features of Manchester Victoria Station.

20 May 1904

27 drawings from the Great Western Railway Contract No.3B between the said railway company and Messrs McIntosh showing tunnels, bridges, embankments, cuttings and culverts. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.The particulars of this contract was to build a line between Keynsham and Newton St Loe, Somerset. Many of the drawings are stamped with 'McIntosh V Great Western Railway' this refers to the 19 year legal battle between the contractor and the railway company for breach of contract.

June 1836

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