An album containing sixteen watercolours, comprising of a title-page (which continues: 'Chief Mechanical Engineer's Branch. Principal types of rollingstock. Scale 1/8 inch = 1 foot') and sixteen pages of lithographed plans and elevations showing various types of carriages and locomotives in use on the Victorian Railway System. Each drawing is accompanied by a brief text giving measurement, number of each model built and other technical specifications.
Victorian railways
This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library
- Reference
- GB 115 RCS/Y3087E
- Dates of Creation
- 1902
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 16 item(s) 16 images watercolour
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Presented to the Royal Colonial Institute by the Right Honourable Lord Sydenham, K.C.M.G. in May 1913.
Note
Includes index.
Other Finding Aids
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Additional Information
This collection level description was entered by WS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
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