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Title:
Correspondence regarding new painting cradle
Object name(s):
Letter
Brief description:
Letter from engineer, F. Gleadow to E. J. Swann (director, Clifton Suspension Bridge Company) outlining his opinion of the design and price of a new painting cradle and letter from The Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works Co Limited to E. J. Swan[n] at The Gables, Leigh Woods giving price of £19 for a 10 cwt cradle.
Collection:
Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
Associated concept:
painting|moveable platforms
Associated person:
Swann, Edward James
Number of objects:
2 paper items
Object name:
Letter
Object number:
GB 3493 T/2/3/11/2
Object production date:
2 May 1905 - 7 May 1905
Date - association:
Creation
Date - earliest / single:
02/05/1905
Date - latest:
07/05/1905
Object production person:
|Gleadow, Frederic, (1859-1920), engineer|The Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works Co. Limited
Person's biographical note:
Frederic [k] Gleadow was born in Hull. Census records from 1881 and 1891 show him as living at 84 Kensington Park Road, London with his wife, Gertrude and as working as a civil engineer for the Great Western Railway (GWR). He died in Malton, Yorkshire in 1920.
Other number:
92b
Other number type:
Previous identifier
Responsible department/section:
Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
Text reason:
Collection online record

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f681e55d-b9f3-3bdb-8d8d-795f8221b6ef

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f681e55d-b9f3-3bdb-8d8d-795f8221b6ef, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY

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