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Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Sketch Book
Catalogue reference: BS/DL/7/5/4/1
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- BS/DL/7/5/4/1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Sketch Book
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Date (When the record was created)
- c 1930
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Description (What the record is about)
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Album containing copies of sketches by Keesey featuring buildings and bridges built by Dorman Long (or which their steelwork was used). Each of the sketches are complete with a small amount of text giving background information to the construction. The sketches included are;
1. Imperial Chemical House (I.C.I.), Millbank, London; designed by Sir Frank Baines.
2. Lloyd's 'New Building', London, designed by Sir Edwin Cooper.
3. The Bank of England, London, designed by Dr Oscar Faber.
4. The Strand Palace Hotel, Strand, London.
5. The 'News of the World' Offices.
6. India House, Aldwych, London, designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
7. The Lambeth Bridge, London, designed by Sir George Humphreys.
8. Warehouses in the Argentine, Buenos Aires.
9. British India Steam Navigation Company Offices, Calcutta.
10. The Rangoon Law courts, Rangoon, Burma.
11. Sassoon House, Shanghai.
12. The Limpopo Bridge, South Africa.
13. The Khartoum-Omdurman Bridge, Sudan.
14. The Dessouk Bridge, Egypt. -
Held by (Who holds the record)
- Teesside Archives
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e93495bc-5ecc-44f8-a68b-e22fd268a332/
Series information
BS/DL/7
Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Marketing and Public Relations Records
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Teesside Archives
Within the fonds: BS/DL
Dorman Long and Company Limited Collection
Within the series: BS/DL/7
Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Marketing and Public Relations Records
Within the sub-series: BS/DL/7/5
Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Historical Ephemera
Within the sub-sub-series: BS/DL/7/5/4
Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Commemorative Items
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Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - Sketch Book