Catalogue description Documents Mainly Relating to Goole Shipping Companies, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company and Goole Shipbuilding Companies 1698-20th century

This collection comprises two memos from Ernest R Boon and Company to Bennett Steam Ship Company 1905-1906 [1992.1a and 2a]; seven shipping orders for Bennett Steam Ship Company 1905-1906 [1992.1b, 2b, 5-7, 10 and 11b]; shipping advice from John Tullis and Son 1905 [1992.3]; shipping advice from R and H Lupton 1905 [1992.4]; four memos from Doulton and Company to Bennett Steam Ship Company 1905-1906 [1992.8, 9a-b and 11a]; shipping advice from Joseph Sykes and Company 1905-1906 [1992.12-13]; shipping advice from E G Williams and Company 1905 [1992.14]; photocopy of the Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1698 [1992.49]; selected copies of official records of meetings between Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the Aire and Calder Navigation 1881-1927 [1992.51]; letter from Goole Mayor to Harold Crabtree 1971 [1993.42]; typed letter from Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Superintendent's office regarding level crossing on Bridge Street 1916 [1993.438]; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway memo about level crossing on Bridge Street [1993.439]; application form for membership to St Joseph's Social Club nd [1994.14]; indenture certificate for Sydney Burnard, apprentice to Aire and Calder Navigation as Fitter, Millwright 1913 [1995.2]; letter from Ken Cooper, ex British Waterways diver, to Sobriety Project regarding his work on sunken Tom Puddings [1995.64]; collection of songs and poetry written by John Whitehead [1995.74]; photocopies of papers concerning Charles Hudson, including a first hand account of his life nd, continuous record of discharge 1941-1949 and certificate of competency 1922 [1995.84.1-3]; certificate of registration under the Public Health Act 1936 for the barge 'Sobriety' [1995.95]; cloth-backed list of vessels owned by Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in January 1914 with detailed specifications [1995.102]; blueprint for preliminary drawing for 'S' type marine oil engine from Petters Ltd 1934 [1999.2.9]; blueprint for preliminary drawing for 12 BHP Petter Marine Oil Engine 1934 [1999.2.10]; drawings of the 'Martindyke' and the 'Shell Seafarer' from Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Company nd [1999.13.1-2]; receipt from G T Beevers 'Barge Owner and Carrier by Water' for £5 'for cob boat in Timber Pond' 1962 [2000.1]; typescripts entitled 'In the Beginning' and 'MV Hilcrest' by George Smith nd [2000.3.5-6]; visiting card for Smith Brothers, boatbuilders nd [2000.3.7]; ledger for Stainforth Mariners Society belonging to R Parish, treasurer nd [2000.4.1]; certificate of Baptism for Sarah Anne Wilson nd [2000.4.2]; two certificates of discharge for A Robinson from the Steam Ship Rawcliffe 1924 [2002.1.1-2]; articles on Goole Steam Shipping Company, Associated Humber Lines, and Great Central Steamers bound with specifications for 14 steamships 1906-1931 [2002.2].

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• Bennett Steam Ship Company
• Goole, Snaith, West Riding of Yorkshire
• Shipbuilding industry