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 regarding the loan of a locomotive indicator.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\1\ Scan008 | |
| Date | 13th April 1928 | |
| MG x4493 S 44*-10/25. LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY COMPANY. HENRY FOWLER, CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER. CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER'S OFFICE, TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: 'FOWLER, c/o BESLINE, DERBY.' TELEPHONE No. 1100. yr/Reg4/LW. DERBY, April 13th 1928 PLEASE REFER TO: DU 4611 LDO IN YOUR REPLY [Seal: NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN] Gentlemen, LOCOMOTIVE INDICATORS With reference to your letter of the 4th inst., The indicator that we could loan you for your purpose is provided with an internal spring, the maximum pressure which could be indicated is 275 lbs per square inch. If this will satisfy your requirements, I will arrange for this to be loaned to you on hearing from you. Yours faithfully, HY. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} FOWLER A.J.Rowledge Esq., Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. | ||