Paxton, Sir Joseph (1803-1865), landscape gardener and architect, and Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859), engineer
- Joseph Paxton
- 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
Contributors
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.
Ownership note
Previously kept with the Augustus de Morgan letter to Brunel, now part of MS.8478.
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