(part) Records of R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co, locomotive manufacturers, Newcastle upon Tyne

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1 (part) Records of R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co, locomotive manufacturers, Newcastle upon Tyne Trustees of the National Museum of Science & Industry Version 1.0 August 2008

2 Reference Code(s): GB Title: Records of R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co, locomotive manufacturers, Newcastle upon Tyne (formerly R & W Hawthorn and subsequently Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd) Dates: Level of Description: Fonds Extent & Medium of the unit of the unit of description: The archive consists of 13 volumes, 10 booklets and one photograph album. Name of creators: R & W Hawthorn, R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd Administrative/Biographical History: The firm was founded by Robert Hawthorn at Forth Banks Works, Newcastle, Roberts s brother William became a partner and in 1820 the company became R & W Hawthorn Ltd. Initially the firm concentrated on the building of marine engines, it incorporated locomotives later reportedly after the partners were inspired by witnessing the 1829 Rainhill Trials. In 1831 their first steam locomotive Coronation was produced for the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The firm soon became successful as the British railway system expanded rapidly, supplying locomotives to a variety of British railway companies. R & W Hawthorn Ltd. began supplying locomotives to foreign railways in 1838, supplying locomotives to Europe, India, Australia, South America and South Africa. In 1846 a works at Leith was bought for the erection of locomotives that were intended for the Scottish railway; this was to prevent costly transportation by sea. By 1870 over 1,000 locomotives had been built by the company. Robert Hawthorn died in 1867, and in 1870 William Hawthorn retired. The firm was sold for 60, 000 and was acquired by senior partner Benjamin Browne, his principle aide Francis Carr Marshall, William Hawthorn Junior and Joseph Scott. The first intention of the new company was to confine themselves only to marine engines; however they found that their reputation meant that orders for locomotives were easy to secure and decided to continue with production. In 1870 the firm secured the shipyard of Messrs T and W Smith at St Peter s, Newcastle and all marine engineering was moved away from Forth banks. It was subsequently decided to separate the business activities of the Forth Banks and St Peter s sites. In 1886 R and W Hawthorn was amalgamated with the shipbuilding company of Andrew Leslie, thus becoming R and W Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd. In 1937 Robert Stephenson & Co. Ltd purchased the locomotive department of R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd. They became Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd. The

3 policy was to concentrate the building of main line locomotives at Robert Stephenson s Darlington works and industrial locomotives at Forth Banks. In 1944 Vulcan foundry acquired Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn Ltd, ending the Hawthorn s 137 year connection with Forth Banks. In 1955 Vulcan foundry became full members of the English Electric group of companies, which became part of the GEC group of companies in Immediate source of acquisition or transfer: The bulk of the archive originated from GEC Alsthom who inherited records of R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd. The archive was split up and acquired by the NRM via separate routes from GEC Alsthom. The decision was made to reunite the material at the NRM. List of Engines built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd Weight Book, Drawing Registers, order book, spare boilers built, particulars of industrial locomotives built Order Books 1-5, photograph album, principle dimension books Brochures and publications Records acquired from GEC Alsthom and Constituent companies by National Railway Museum. Transferred from Trafford Park, Manchester c.1983 Records acquired from the Industrial Railway Society. These had been loaned to the society for a short period by GEC Traction and were intended for the NRM collection. Transferred to the NRM October Records acquired from GEC Alsthom and Constituent companies by National Railway Museum. Transferred from Trafford Park, Manchester Four brochures came from the British Transport Commission for historical relics Euston, Westminster and Clapham. Six are an untraced find. Scope & content: The records of R W Hawthorn Leslie and Co Ltd consist mainly of records concerning locomotive production order books, drawing registers, miscellaneous manufacturing records, also included is photographic material contained in photograph albums and in principle dimension books. There is also a variety of publicity material including brochures and publications. Volumes such as order books and drawing registers follow through uninterruptedly despite amalgamations with other companies, changes in ownership, etc. Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: The archive has been appraised. Secondary material has been removed. NRM Correspondence, transcripts of private researchers and NRM library material has been placed in the NRM registry files and the library collections respectively. Accruals: No accruals are expected to this archive, though items may be added to the inventory as further work is carried out on the wider GEC-Alsthom collection.

4 System of arrangement: The original order of the archive has been difficult to ascertain. The archive has therefore been arranged into five series reflecting either the activities to which the records relate or the nature of the record. Order books Drawing Registers Manufacturing Material Photographic Material Publications The series within each sub fonds are identified in the catalogue description below. Conditions governing access: Access is given in accordance with the NRM access policy. Material from this archive is available to researchers through the NRM s archive and library centre Search Engine. Conditions governing reproduction: Copies may be supplied of items from this archive provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NRM s terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Language: English Physical Characteristics & technical requirements: The archive consists of hard backed volumes that are in a fair condition. Some items in series HL 3/1 and HL 4/2 are not fully backed and held together with archival tape. Finding aids: There is an access database that records locations of material Existence and location of originals: Not applicable Existence and location of copies: Order Books 1-5 (HL 1/1) Photocopies of the original order books included in the NRM Hawthorn Leslie collection are kept at the NRM Related units of description held at the National Railway Museum: Three photographs of locomotive by F. C. Winby, 1893 made by R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd List, Doncaster, list of drawings for N engines hawthorn Leslie May 1928, one document Locomotive weight book, London and North Eastern Railway for locomotives built by R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Photographs, approximately 300 black &

5 white contact prints of various small sizes, of railways in Singapore (Federated Malay States Railways) and Sumatra (Deli Spoorweg Mij, operator of the railways around Medan in Northern Sumatra) from 1930 to circa The photographs are mainly of locomotives, including North British, Kitson, Baldwin, R. Stephenson & Co., Hawthorn Leslie and Beyer Peacock, and trains, but a few depict rolling stock, stations, sheds, turntables, construction, steam vessels etc.;. Works list (transcript) Hawthorns of Leith Works list R & W Hawthorn/ R & W Hawthorn Leslie and Co (end) Model railway locomotive crane, 1:8 scale, combined crane and locomotive, 'Little Elephant', as built by Messrs. R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., c Model steam locomotive, Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, 1: 16 scale, 'Comet', 0-4-0, 1835, made for R.&W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. by Twinings Models. (See also with which it was originally displayed, and for the nameplate) Model steam locomotive, 1:16 scale, Caledonian Railway No 938, 1915, made for R.&W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. by Twinings. (See also , with which it was originally displayed.) Locomotive Worksplate, "R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd. Engineers, Newcastle-on- Tyne, England, 2420, 1899", brass, oval, T outside cylinder locomotive, to Rother Valley Railway No. 1 "Tenterden", RVR renamed Kent & East Sussex Railway 5 May Locomotive worksplate, R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co (Newcastle), No 3428, 1920, 2-6-2T outside cylinders, Alexandra (Newport & South Wales) Docks & Railway No. 37, renumbered Great Western Railway No. 1206, withdrawn January Locomotive Worksplate, "R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd. Engineers, NewcastleonTyne, ", brass, oval, 0-6-0T Taff Vale Railway No. 10 December 1914, Great Western Railway No. 337, withdrawn February Locomotive Worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway, "London & North Eastern

6 Railway 69842, 1926", cast brass, oval, tank locomotive Class 9N by Hawthorn Leslie (3628), re-numbered 9481 in 1946, British Railways 69842, withdrawn October [Last of class built] Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway 69114, Hawthorn Leslie & Co 1913", cast brass, oval, 0-6-2T to Hull & Barnsley Railway N13 F3, renumbered North Eastern Railway 3027, LNER 2419 August 1924, 9114 January 1946, British Railways September 1948, withdrawn October Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway 69838, Hawthorn Leslie & Co, 1925", cast brass, oval, A5/ T, LNER No. 1768, renumbered 9838 August 1946, British Railways March 1949, withdrawn November Locomotive Worksplate, "R & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd. Engineers, 3045, Built 1903, Newcastle on Tyne", brass, oval. [3095 is rebuild number] Ship model, Sealink MV "Holyhead Ferry", large, sectioned, in service between Holyhead and Dun Laoghaire, model built by D.M. Bone of Hampton Wick, prototype built in 1965 by Messrs. Hawthorn leslie & Co, Hebburn-on-Tyne Model ship, Sealink, "MV Holyhead Ferry I", prototype built in 1965 by Messrs. Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne, Holyhead- Dun Laoghaire route Locomotive worksplate, Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Newcastle, No of 1907, 0-6-0T outside cylinders, ex Plymouth Devonport & South West Junction Railway locomotive "A S Harris", to Southern Railway No. 756 in January 1923, British Railways 30756, withdrawn October Locomotive worksplate, brass, R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co, No 2146 of 1889, ex Newport and Alexandra Dock Railway ST No 16 (Great Western Railway No 671), withdrawn August Locomotive worksplate, brass, R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co No 2419 of 1899, new to Glamorganshire Canal Co 0-4-0ST "Glamorgan", c 1931 to Partridge, Jones & John Paton, Machen, rebuilt A R Adams, Newport.

7 Related units of description held elsewhere: : board, share and financial records, contract, technical and staff records, drawings etc : board, share and financial records, contract, technical and staff records, drawings etc : data sheets, notebook, certificate book : letters to Sir Benjamin Browne and others : directors minutes 1876: plans for Calais Douvres ferry : specifications Tyne and Wear Archives Service Blanford House Blanford Square Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4JA England Tel: URL: : ship plans National Maritime Museum: Caird Library, Manuscript Section Park Row Greenwich London SE10 9NF England Tel: URL: : photographs South Tyneside Central Library Prince George Square South Shields NE33 2PE England Tel: URL: : misc early drawings Discovery Museum Blanford Square Newcastle Upon Tyne

8 NE1 4JA England Tel: URL: Publication note: No secondary sources have yet been published using this archive. Archivists Note: The catalogue, inventory, administrative history and finding aids were compiled by Alison Kay, Visitor Services Assistant, April-August Rules or conventions: Catalogue created in accordance with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description (Second Edition), International Council on Archives, Ottawa Date of descriptions/revisions: Manufacturing records inventoried April-June 2008, Catalogue created July-August Useful Publications relating to this archive: Allan C. Baker Ed. Black, Hawthorn & Co. (with Chapman & Furneaux) : works list : locomotive, stationary & marine engines (Richmond: Industrial Locomotive Society, 1988) Clarke, J. F. Power on land and sea: 160 years of industrial enterprise on Tyneside : a history of R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd, engineers and shipbuilders (Newcastle upon Tyne : Hawthorn Leslie, 1979) Engines built by R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co The locomotive magazine souvenir No 16 Bradley, Rodger P. Power for the world's railways : GEC Traction and its predecessors to the present day (Sparkford : Oxford Publishing, c1993)

9 Catalogue: Catalogue Reference/ series Covering Dates HL 1 Order Books c HL 1/1 HL 1/2 HL 1/3 HL 1/4 HL 1/5 HL 1/6 Volume 1. order numbers Volume 2. order numbers Volume 3. order numbers Volume 4. order numbers Volume 5. order numbers Order Book Stationary Engines and some locomotive spares HL 2 Drawing Registers HL 2/1 HL 2/2 HL 2/3 HL 2/4 Volume 1. drawing numbers Volume 2. drawing numbers Volume 3. drawing numbers Volume 4. drawing numbers HL 3 Manufacturing Records HL 3/1 Spare boilers built c HL 3/1/1 Volume 1. c HL 3/1/2 Volume 2. c HL 3/2 Particulars of industrial locomotives built (one

10 HL 3/3 volume) List of Engines built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn Ltd (one volume) HL 4 Photographic Material HL 4/1 Photograph album Express Passenger Electric Locomotive for the Great Indian Peninsular Railway (one volume) c HL 4/2 Principle dimension books HL 4/2/1 Volume 1. Locomotive tank engines E7597/ 8 to E7758/ 60 HL 4/2/2 Volume 2. Patent combined locomotive tank engine and crane E2783 E3785 HL 4/2/3 Volume 3. Locomotive engines and tenders E3609/11 E3711/14 HL 4/2/4 Volume 4. E1896 E 2087 HL 4/2/5 Volume 5. E2115 E2592 HL 4/2/6 Volume 6. Not numbered HL 4/2/7 Volume 7.Not numbered HL 4/2/8 Volume 8. Not numbered HL 4/2/9 Volume 9. Not numbered HL 4/2/10 Volume 10. Not Numbered HL 5 Brochures c.1958 HL 5/1 HL 5/2 A brief historical sketch and catalogue R &W Hawthorn, Leslie and Co Ltd Short History of Hawthorn Leslie and Co ltd locomotive 1921

11 manufacturers (two copies) HL 5/3 Industrial Locomotives R. Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd, Forth Banks Works HL 5/4 Locomotives: Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn Ltd, Darlington and Newcastle (two copies) HL 5/6 Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd Products, Darlington and Newcastle HL 5/7 Built by Stephenson the early history of two locomotive builders: the Vulcan Foundry and Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd c c c. 1968