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Printed programme for a 'series of bible lectures' on 'Palestine & The Jews', at the Rechabite Hall, Tan Bank, Wellington.

Author: 
[Rechabite Hall, Tan Bank, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire; E. Barratt; E. L. Brewer; H. G. Saxby; Mandatory Palestine; Israel; Zionism]
Publication details: 
The Rechabite Hall, Tan Bank, Wellington [Telford, Shropshire]. February 1938.
£56.00

2pp., on 16mo, bifoliate card. In good condition, lightly-aged. One panel advertises 'a series of bible lectures to be delivered (God willing) by the Ecclesia in Wellington': 'SEATS FREE. NO COLLECTION. BRING BIBLES FOR REFERENCE.' The text explains that 'Palestine is very much in the public eye at this time as men watch the developments in the Land concerning which the Bible says so much: yet few realise that current events there are fulfilment of Bible prophecy, and that the future of the Land is also foretold in no uncertain way.

[The Caledonian Canal, Scotland.] Manuscript Letter, signed by James Hope of Rickman & Hope, solicitors, to the Bank of Scotland, regarding 'dues collected for the passage of Vessels through the Caledonian Canal'. With detailed accounts of receipts.

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[The Caledonian Canal, Scotland, designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1822; James Hope of Rickman & Hope, Edinburgh; George Sanby of the Bank of Scotland]
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31 Moray Place, Edinburgh. 27 December 1825.
£580.00

4pp., foolscap 8vo, on two bifoliums. On aged and worn paper, with slight bloom at head and a little loss to spine from disbinding.

Manuscript copy, 1819, of the 'Specification of the proposed Catch Pier for Cullen Harbour' by the civil engineer John Gibb [for Thomas Telford]; with original signed certification by commissioners John Smith, James Gray and William Minto of Cullen.

Author: 
[John Gibb (1776-1850), Scottish civil engineer, deputy to Thomas Telford (1757-1834), founder member of the Institution of Civil Engineers; Cullen Harbour, Banffshire, Scotland]
Publication details: 
Specification dated from Aberdeen, 7 June 1819; certification by Smith, Gray and Minto dated from Cullen, 13 July 1819.
£500.00
John Gibb (1776-1850), Scottish civil engineer, deputy to Thomas Telford

Folio, 3 pp. Bifolium. On paper with 1818 watermark of Joseph Colles. Docketed, lengthwise on reverse of second leaf, 'Copy | Specification of Catch Pier at Cullen Harbour by John Gibb | 1819.' 46 lines of text. Clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with two punch holes for a ring binder in margin of each leaf. The full heading reads 'Specification of the proposed Catch Pier for Cullen Harbour, agreeably to the Plan and Section which accompanies this [not present].' Begins 'The Pier is to be of the dimensions marked on the Plan and Sections, and to join the outer end of the rock.

Thirteen files of typed and manuscript material relating to construction projects (including Aberdeen Harbour) by the Scottish civil engineer John Gibb, deputy to Thomas Telford, compiled by his great-grandson Sir Alexander Gibb.

Author: 
John Gibb (1776-1850), Scottish civil engineer, deputy to Thomas Telford, founder member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, great-grandfather of Sir Alexander Gibb (1872-1958); Sir Hugh Beaver
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All but one item (from 1965) dating from between 1928 and 1937. The greater part of material from Aberdeen, with some items from Glasgow and London.
£1,450.00

Thirteen files, on the following works by John Gibb: Kelvin Aqueduct; Broomielaw Bridge; Cullen Harbour; Boat O'Brig Bridge; Bonar Bridge; Cartlands Crag Bridge; Almond Viaduct; Northern Lighthouses; Victoria Railway Bridge over the River Wear; Stonehaven Harbour; Aberdeen Harbour; Don Bridge.

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