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Title:
Letter 1828 Oct 31 [to] Jas. Bandinel
Object name(s):
letter; letter
Brief description:
[Letter] 1828 Oct 31 [to] Jas. Bandinel, Foreign Office, London / M.I. Brunel. [Apologises for delay in writing "to my friend .... the Tunnel maker". Refers to the "state of uncertainty" regarding the Thames Tunnel although "many enquiries are made as to when it will be resumed". Comments on the correspondence between Directeur General des Ponts et Chaussees and Mr. Smith [chairman, Thames Tunnel Co.]. Brunel is "totally ignorant on the subject of the Tunnel, the continuation of which I however consider certain was it but on Mr Smith's authority". Praises the part played by Bandinel]
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Credit line:
Bristow, H. Ltd.
Object name:
letter; letter
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1828
Date - latest:
1828
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1828
Date - latest:
1828
Object production person:
Brunel, Marc Isambard, Sir, 1769-1849
Other number:
1992-217
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
MS/1337
Other number type:
Adlib Reference
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Archive

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b99a855c-4f91-3eba-92d9-cc67ebd3e841

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b99a855c-4f91-3eba-92d9-cc67ebd3e841, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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