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MS 3147 - Boulton and Watt Collection - 1761 - 1977
1 - Records of Boulton & Watt and Successor Firms - 1766 - 1919
2 - Legal Records - 1766 - 1851
3 - Correspondence and Papers - 1769 - 1895
4 - PRODUCTION RECORDS - 1774 - 1895
5 - DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES - 1775 - 1904
6 - DRAWINGS - "AVERY" PORTFOLIOS - 1815 - 1903
1 - Admiralty – 75 horse power boat engines, Oct, Nov 1843, Mar -May 1844 - 1843-1844
2a - Admiralty – Drawings for Various Steamers, “Group 1”, 1827, 1844, 1846 - 1827-1846
2b - Admiralty – Drawings for Various Steamers, “Group 2”, 1852, 1853, 1855, 1859, 1860, - 1852-1860
3 - Banbury Water Works, , Dec. 1892-Jan. 1894, Mar., Apr., Jun. 1894. - 1892-1894
4 - Steam Ship Bankok, 1861, 1870 - 1861, 1870
5 - H. M. Steam Ships Barrossa and Phaeton - 1859, 1860
6 - Base Frames 1863, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1880—1883, 1886, 1889, 1890, - 1863-1890
7 - Beam Engine Cylinders, 1845, 1847, 1849, 1854, 1856—1859, 1861—1863, 1867 - 1845-1867
8 - Bed Plates, 1857, 1861—1864, 1868, 1869, 1871—1875 - 1857-1875
9 - Bhagulpore Water Works, India - 1885-1891
10 - Birmingham Water Works, Perry Barr, 1869, 1870 - 1869-1870
11 - Blowing Cylinders, 1838, 1846, 1847, 1850, 1857, 1859 - 1838-1859
12 - Blowing Engines, 1856, 1858, 1889, 1898, 1899 - 1856-1899
13 - Bombay Mint and Bombay New Mint, India, 1860—1862, 1868, 1884, 1885, 1887 - 1860-1890
14a - Bombay Steam Navigation Co., India, Steam Boats Surat and Dwarka, 1846 - 1846
14b - Bombay Steam Navigation Co., India, 1848 - 1848
15 - Bombay Tug, India, 1868 - 1868
16 - Boston Locomotive Co, 1851 - 1851
17 - Boulton, Watt and Murdock – articles, cuttings etc. - 1804 - 1933
18 - Brazilian Steamers Ipojuca and Pirapama, 1866 - Feb 1866 - Mar 1866
19 - Brown Shipley & Co., Tug Boat, 1856 (28 items). - 1856
20 - Calcutta Water Works, India, - late 19th cent
21 - Carraca Docks, Cadiz, Spain, May, Sep., Dec. 1857, Jan. 1858 - 1857-1858
22 - Carter & Phillips, 1870, 1872, 1873 (22 items). - 1870-1872
23 - H. M. Frigate Centaur, 1844—1847 (17 items). - 1844-1847
24a - Chatham Dockyard Extension, 1868, 1869 (6 items). - 1868-1869
24b - China Cartridge Factory, Frith Sands & Co., 1877, 1878, 1880 (26 items). - 1877-1880
25 - Cockatoo Island Graving Dock, Australia, 1889 (3 items). - 1889
26 - Cranks, 1837, 1838, 1860s (4 items). - 1837-1860
27 - Margate Steamer No. 5, Dart, 1824, 1826 (9 items). - 1824-1826
28a - Devonport Dockyard, 1847, 1848 (6 items). - 1847-1848
28b - Devonport Dockyard, 1851, 1853 (10 items). - 1851-1853
29 - Direct Engine, 1841, 1842 (21 items). - 1841-1842
30 - Double Screw Gunboats – H.M.S. Leander and Prince Regent, 1865, 1866 (35 items). - 1865-1866
31a - Dover Packet No. 5, Firefly, 1830, 1836, 1837 (10 items). - 1830-1837
31b - Dover Packet No. 6, Ferret, 1831, 1835 (7 items). - 1831-1835
32 - Duck Island, St. James’ Park, London, 1864 (11 items). - 1864
33 - Elbe Tug Co., 1856 (4 items). - 1856
34 - Esquimalt Graving Dock, Canada, 1876 (4 items). - 1876
35 - [UNLOCATED] Estimates, 1800—1877. Missing 1986. - 1800-1877
36 - Faversham Water Works, 1864 (4 items). - 1864
37 - French Walls Iron Works, 1829, 1830 (14 items). - 1829-1830
38 - Gatling Cartridge Factory, 1878 (3 items). - 1878
39 - H. M. Dockyard, Gibraltar, 1856—1858 (9 items). - 1856-1858
40 - Hamburg Water Works, Germany, 1845, 1847, 1849, 1851, 1853, 1866, 1870 (38 items). - 1845-1870
41 - Hammer, Woolwich Smithery, 1833 (5 items). - 1853
42 - Hartlepool Graving Dock, 1883, 1884 (54 items). - 1883-1884
43 - The Honourable East India Co. Steam Boats Assaye and Punjab, 1852, 1853 (9 items). - 1852-1853
44 - Herne Bay Steamer No. 1, Fame, 1833, 1834 (5 items). - 1833-1834
45 - Horizontal Engine Cylindrical Slide Valves, 1846, 1863, 1870, 1873—1878, 1880, - 1846-1880
46 - Hull Graving Dock, 1880 (1 item). - 1880
47 - General Screw Co. Steam Boat Hydaspes, 1852—1854 (3 items). - 1853-1854
48 - H.M. Steam Ship James Watt, 1846, 1849, 1851—1856, 1860 (178 items). - 1846-1860
49 - General Screw Co. Steam Boat Jason, 1853, 1854 (7 items). - 1853-1854
50 - Lambeth Water Works, London, 1849, 1850 (27 items). - 1849-1850
51 - Lataste Estate, Thomson Hankey & Co., Grenada, 1852, 1857 (9 items). - 1852-1857
52 - H.M.S. Leander, 1860, 1861, 1863 (50 items). - 1860-1863
53 - Margate No. 6, Magnet, 1826—1828 (14 items). - 1826-1828
54 - H. M. Dockyard, Malta, 1856, 1858 (24 items). - 1856-1858
55 - General Screw Co. Steam Boat Mauritius, 1852, 1853 (7 items). - 1852-1853
56 - Metropolitan Water Board, Southern Outfall Works, Crossness, London, circa 1862 (6 items). - 1862
57 - Mint Machinery, 1807, 1842, 1851, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1863, 1865, 1866, 1870—1873, 1875, 1878, 1880, 1881, 1886, 1893 (47 items). - 1807-1893
58a - Miscellaneous Drawings, 1850—1891 (48 items). - 1850-1891
58b - Miscellaneous Drawings, 1820—1850 (27 items). - 1820 - 1850
59 - Money Wigram, London, Dec. 1844 (7 items). - 1844
60a - Oscillating Engines – Steam Boat Elizabeth, 1863 (30 items). - 1863
60b - Oscillating Engines – Steam Boat Princess of Wales, 1864 (5 items). - 1864
60c - Oscillating Engines – Chincha Islands Stores Boats, 1864, - 1864
61a - Oscillating Engines – Sicilian Customs, Antelope, 1842 (4 items). - 1842
61b - Sicilian Customs, La Rondini, 1842 (2 items). - 1842
62a - Oscillating Engines – Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Co. Steamers Italia, Germania, Europa, ?, Asia, 1846—Dec. 1848 (46 items). - 1842
62b - Oscillating Engines – Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Co., 1843, 1855—1856 (100 items). - 1843-1856
63a - Oscillating Engines – Jones Quiggin & Co, 1864 (4 items). - 1864
63b - Oscillating Engines – Jones Quiggin & Co, 1864 (1 item). - 1864
63c - Oscillating Engines – Jones Quiggin & Co, 1864, 1865 (3 items). - 1864-1865
64 - Oscillating Engines – 175 Horse Power Engines, 1844, 1845 (16 items). - 1844-1845
65 - Oscillating Engines – H. M. Steam Sloop Trident, 1845, 1846 (10 items). - 1845-1846
66 - Oscillating Engines – H. M. Frigate Simoom, 1848—1850 (23 items). - 1848-1850
67 - Oscillating Engines – 375 Horse Power Engines, 1858, 1859 (5 items). - 1858-1859
68 - Portsmouth and Ryde Ferry Jock Waters, 1861, 1865 (6 items). - 1861-1865
69a - Portsmouth Dockyard Extension, 1874, 1875 (5 items). - 1874-1875
69b - Portsmouth Dockyard, 1888—1890 (39 items). - 1888-1890
70 - Portsmouth Dockyard, Rolling Mill engine, 1842—1844, 1847 (18 items). - 1842-1847
71 - Pumping Engine – Woolwich Dockyard, London, 1840, 1842 (16 items). - 1840-1842
72 - Pumping Engines – Portsmouth Sewage Outfall, Eastney, 1886, 1887 (7 items). - 1886-1887
73a - Number no longer used – see 97b.
73b - Revolving Paddle Wheel Apparatus, 1817, 1820, 1849 (6 items). - 1817-1849
74 - Robbins & Powers, Coventry, 1867, 1871, 1872, 1875 - 1867-1875
75 - Rolling Mill Engine – Frith Sands & Co., 1871, 1877, 1898 (51 items). - 1871-1898
76 - Rolling Mill and Coining Press, R. R. Symon & Co., Culiacan, Mexico, 1878—1880 (31 items). - 1878-1880
77 - St. Katherine’s Docks, London, 1827—1829, 1854, 1861, 1862 (30 items). - 1827-1862
78 - H. M. Steamboat Sans Pareil, 1851, 1853, 1855 (7 items). - 1851-1855
79 - Saw Mill, Meredith Bros., Bankside, London, 1865, 1867, 1888, 1891, 1892 (41 items). - 1865-1892
80a - Screw Collier Co. Steam Boats Black Prince and Firefly, 1853—1854 (58 items). - 1853-1854
80b - Screw Propellers for Patent Fuel Co. Collier Cornelia, 1852, 1853 (4 items). - 1853-1853
81 - Scum Cocks, Pipes and Valves, 1878, 1883, 1886, 1890 (10 items). - 1878-1890
82 - Sheerness Dockyard Force Pump, 1842 (3 items). - 1842
83 - Bengal Steamboat Sir William Peel, 1859, 1860 (14 items). - 1859-1860
84a - Soho Mint, Soho Foundry, 1851 (1 item). - 1851
84b - Soho Mint, Soho Foundry, 1860, 1861, 1864, 1870, 1874, 1875 (19 items). - 1860-1875
85 - South Staffordshire Water Works, 1857, 1858 (19 items). - 1857-1858
86 - Specifications, 1841, 1855, 1858, 1868, 1869 (6 items). - 1841-1869
87 - Lord Stafford’s Yacht, 1855—1857, 1859 (31 items). - 1855-1859
88 - Trunk Engines – Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Co. Collier Rajah, 1852—1854, 1856 (39 items). - 1852-1856
89 - Tug Boat, London Engineering & Iron Ship Building Co. Ltd., 1868 (49 items). - 1868
90 - Valves and Pumps, 1874, 1876, 1880, 1881,1882, 1884—1886 (11 items). - 1874-1886
91 - Various Steam Boats, 1815, 1825—1827, 1834, 1840, 1842, 1845—1850, 1852—1861, - 1815-1861
92 - Venice Boats, Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Co., San Giusto, San Marco and San Carlo, 1852, 1853 (73 items). - 1852-1853
93 - Vertical Engines – Slide Valves, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1879—1885, 1887—1891, 1893 (85 items). - 1872-1893
94 - P. van Vlissingen & Co, 1855, 1856 (9 items). - 1855-1856
95 - H. M. Steam Ship Vulcan, 1845—1851 (69 items). - 1845-1851
96 - Water Works Engines, 1846, 1858, 1861, 1873, 1876, 1881, 1883—1886, 1894 (21 items). - 1846-1894
97a - West India Dock Co., London, 1828, 1893 (5 items). - 1828-1893
97b - West India Dock Co., London, 1830—1832 (5 items). - 1830-1832
98 - List of portfolios marked "List of Boulton and Watt’s Engineering Drawings, Drawing Office 1880." - 1880
99 - Card index prepared by Averys, Jan. 1936. - Jan 1936
7 - DRAWINGS - 'SCIENCE MUSEUM' PORTFOLIOS - 1797 - 1919
8 - Staff and Employment Records - 1784-1888
9 - Premises Records - 1783-1894
10 - MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED MATERIAL - 1776 - 1896
11 - Miscellaneous Non-Engineering Business Material - 1761-c.1850
12 - RECORDS OF THE BOULTON, WATT & CO. LONDON OFFICE - 1818 - 1885
12 - Records of the Boulton Watt & Co. London Office - 1818-1885
13 - LONDON OFFICE LETTERS OF ADVICE - 1828 - 1837
14 - London Office Financial Records - 1835-1883
15 - LONDON OFFICE SURVEY OF STEAM POWER IN THE NORTH EAST, 1835 - 1835
16 - London Office Miscellaneous Papers - 1817-1881
17-20 - Records of James Watt & Co - 1779 - 1851
18 - James Watt & Co. Legal Records - 1779-1780
21-25 - Records of French Walls Iron & Steel Works - 1816 - 1866
26
26 - M.R.Boulton, J. Watt & Co. Financial and Legal Records - 1804 - 1836
26-30 - Records of M. R. Boulton J. Watt & Co. - 1771-1840
27 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Correspondence - 1816-1840
28 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of William and Charlotte Matthews - 1771-1830
29 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of Joseph Taylor and Taylor Campbell & Bowden - 1804-1813
30 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of John Woodward - 1803-1812
31 - Material added by George Tangye - 1857 -1915
32 - Material added by Birmingham Library - 1784 - 1977
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