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Liverpool To Michael Longridge, Bedlington Iron Works, Nr. Morpeth. Refers to...

Catalogue reference: 385 STE/13

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This record is a file about the Liverpool   To Michael Longridge, Bedlington Iron Works, Nr. Morpeth.   Refers to... dating from 23 Aug. 1829.

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Reference
385 STE/13
Date
23 Aug. 1829
Description

Liverpool

To Michael Longridge, Bedlington Iron Works, Nr. Morpeth.

Refers to the supply of 10 tons of rails to Messrs. James and Peter Bourne of the Warrington and Newton Railway Co. but mostly relates to "...The New Locomotive Engine [which] works well and makes no Smoke - We had a grand day last Friday - Huskisson visited the greater part of the Line with the Directors - of course I was one of the party .... at Olive Mount we were met by the Locomotive Engine which took the whole party amounting to about 135 through the deep cutting at the rate of 9 miles an hour ...... The Engine really did well......."

Held by
Liverpool Record Office
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Acc. 2284

Purchased from Francis Edward Ltd., 83, Marylebone High Street, London W1M 4 AZ in December 1970 with the aid of a grant from the Friends of the National Libraries.

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Liverpool To Michael Longridge, Bedlington Iron Works, Nr. Morpeth. Refers to...