Paxton, Sir Joseph (1803-1865), landscape gardener and architect, and Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859), engineer
- Paxton, Joseph, Sir, 1803-1865
- Date:
- 1865
- Reference:
- MS.8479
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Letter from Paxton to Brunel, 1 October 1858, mentioning manufacture of rolling stock and locomotives, and mentioning "Mr Brassey" (Thomas Brassey (1805-1870), civil engineering contractor).
Publication/Creation
1865
Physical description
1 letter
Arrangement
Previously kept with the Augustus de Morgan letter to Brunel, now part of MS.8478.
Biographical note
This letter is possibly to do with the railway line built rapidly by Brassey to supply British troops in the Crimea during the War; navvies to build this were taken from the Crystal Palace project in South London directed by Paxton (to which Brunel also contributed work).
Related material
At Wellcome Collection:
Further letters by Paxton are held as MS.7405. Other letters to Brunel are held as MS.7472/4, MS.7685/7, MS.7844/49 and MS.8478/1.
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