Rastrick Collection

The collection of John Urpeth Rastrick (1780-1856), civil and mechanical engineer, and railway pioneer.  In 1908, 250 items from the collection were bought with a grant from the Goldsmiths' Company, and incorporated in the transport history section of the Goldsmiths' Library.  Contains 211 printed books of 1768-1887, mostly 1821-50 and almost all railway (with a few canal) engineering reports and prospectuses.  The manuscripts and notebooks include specifications, estimates and technical sketches.

Details of the printed material in the collection are available on the Main Library Catalogue and are also available via COPAC. Manuscripts are included in the Senate House Library Archives & Manuscripts Catalogue and AIM25 Catalogue .

Incorporated in the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature.

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