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).
The relocation of the new experimental car engine test house to the old experimental garage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0099 | |
| Date | 10th October 1935 | |
| Millwrights Dept. from EJJ/JV. c to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Exp. Dept. x1209 EJJ/JV20/JC9. 10. 35. Re - NEW EXPERIMENTAL CAR ENGINE TEST HOUSE, REPLACING K.10. SITUATED IN OLD EXPERIMENTAL GARAGE. Order No. 816. Will you please note that the Experimental Test House now situated in K.10, will be moved into the Experimental Garage immediately it is vacated. We have instructed Messrs.Ford & Weston,Ltd., to excavate and lay foundations for the test beds. Will you please have four bedplates prepared ready for this job. We have ordered the Foundation Bolts and Plates from Messrs.Thorp, see memo EJJ/JV1/JC10/10/35. The Arrangement of the bedplates in the Test House complete with Silencer Trenches, & pipes and petrol tank platform, is shown on J.13004, Further drawings relative to this job will be forwarded to you in due course. We have instructed Messrs.Ford & Weston,Ltd., to work in conjunction with the Millwrights during the whole of this changeover, and when the Test House is completed. Will you please attend to the necessary painting of the same. EJJ/TV | ||