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).
Requesting the urgent repair of a bumping rig by the Millwrights.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\2\ scan0224 | |
| Date | 11th November 1924 | |
| To WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X.3447 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/LG5.11.24. BUMPING RIG. The bumping rig has been in the hands of the Millwrights for several days owing to the mounting of the shaft giving way. We should be pleased if you will instruct the Millwrights to get this through as soon as ever possible as Messrs. Firths have promised some new springs to be ready tomorrow. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||