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A 19th century brass surveyors level, by Stanley, Great Turnstile, Holburn, London, no.7672, two glass levels to eye piece and dial, circular adjustable undertier, 36cm long William Ford Stanley was a mathematical, optical and philosophical instrument maker, working from 3-5 Great Turnstile, Holborn, London 1864-1869.
A 19th Century Lacquered Brass Surveyors Level by W & S Jones, 30 Holborn, London, in a fitted mahogany case; 19th Century Lacquered Brass Students Microscope, with some slides, in a mahogany case; Sovereign Scale by John Greaves & Son, cased; Black Enamelled Brass Inclinometer, in cardboard tube. (4)
An Early 20th Century Enamelled Brass Surveyors Patented Dumpy Level by W.F.Stanley, London, No.11322, with two spirit levels, adjustable eyepiece and lacquered brass fittings, together with accessories, in a mahogany carrying case with several labels and a stitched leather protective outer cover.
Railways – West Midlands an outstanding archive of more than 900 letters and documents relating to the building of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, particularly in the Dudley area, 1847-53, including correspondence, legal documents for conveyance of land, lists of buildings and other properties which were needed to be demolished for the construction of the line, manuscript plans of sections of the line and other area, some with extensive annotations in the hands of engineers and surveyors, original engineers’ notebooks with extensive notation , documents mentioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Chief Engineer for the line, lists of landowners, tenants etc., lists of compensation payments for land and properties acquired to build the line, documents relating to many industrial properties in the area as well as the extensive canal network, and papers relating to the building of the railway tunnel under Dudley. An outstanding archive which has lain unknown and unstudied for more than 150 years. Of all the railway building taking place in the country during this period, this was unquestionably the most difficult. The line was vital for the development of the rapidly expanding industry in the West Midlands, ensuring that the vast industrial output would reach the rest of the country and abroad in far less time than via the extensive canal networks which had been in place for more than 100 years. However, the route of the new line had to thread its way through the most heavily industrialised and populated region in the country – with the landscape pock marked by old pits and workings, to say nothing of the already existing network of canals. Brunel was appointed Chief Engineer but he grossly underestimated the cost, leading to the building of the line taking a staggering nine years. His scheme was typically ambitious, with the building of a tunnel under Dudley. Much of the line in the Black Country was closed during the Beeching era of the 1960s, which saw the Dudley and Wolverhampton Low Level stations closed.
THREE SURVEYORS INSTRUMENTS,: a CASTELLA THEODOLITE, Height 11.5", in a fitted wood carrying box with makers name, a MID 20TH CENTURY THEODOLITE, by "E R Watts & Son Ltd. London", No: 34840, Stadia 1:100, Height 12.5", in a fitted wooden carrying box with printed label dated 1945, and a WATTS LEVEL, No: 36821, with enclosed side level tube, Length 10", in leather carrying case.

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