From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company requesting the return of a loaned steam engine indicator.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\1\ Scan023 | |
| Date | 7th March 1929 | |
| LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY COMPANY. 4443 PLEASE REFER TO DU 4611 IN YOUR REPLY HENRY FOWLER, CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "FOWLER. C/O BISLINE. DERBY." TELEPHONE No. 1100. CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER'S OFFICE, Your Reg.4/LW. DERBY, 7th March, 1929. (CENTRE No 49.) Dear Sir, LOCOMOTIVE INDICATORS. On the 16th April last we loaned to you Crosby Steam Engine Indicator No. 6 complete in box with 159 lbs. and 80 lb. springs. This was signed for by Mr. W.A. Robotham. I shall be glad to hear that you are now in a position to return this instrument. Yours faithfully, HY. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} FOWLER. for [illegible signature] A.J. Rowledge, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. [Handwritten note in margin:] Instruct - Lovesey Carb levels. Too low | ||