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Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - General Managers file on Storstrom Bridge, Denmark

Catalogue reference: BS/DL/3/2/1/5/6

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This record is a file about the Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - General Managers file on Storstrom Bridge, Denmark dating from Jan 1932 - Sep 1937.

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Reference
BS/DL/3/2/1/5/6
Title
Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - General Managers file on Storstrom Bridge, Denmark
Date
Jan 1932 - Sep 1937
Description

Large amount of correspondence and internal memos relating to the tendering process, the building of the bridge and the publicity following completion; Time-line noting the key events which led to Dorman Long securing the contract 1931-1933; B&W photographs showing the construction of the bridge; Publicity brochures and newspaper articles; Notes with details of the costs incurred from visits to the bridge by officials ; Site progress reports (complete with blue prints and B&W photographs); Papers relating to the opening ceremony held on the 26th September 1937, including the travel arrangements, and costs incurred, for Dorman Long representatives; Potted histories of the Company and the Chairman Lord Greenwood prepared for publication in newspapers.
Includes notes on land transaction, Moruya Land South Australia (possibly a miss file)

Held by
Teesside Archives
Legal status
Not Public Record(s)
Physical description
1 file
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2aebdea9-66d9-4450-8203-fa4cf5e704dc/

Series information

BS/DL/3

Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Administration Records

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103,312 records

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Dorman Long and Company Limited Collection

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Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Administration Records

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Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - General Managers Files - Bridge Contracts

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Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - General Managers file on Storstrom Bridge, Denmark