Engineering
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Blueprints for Ride Structures and Platforms, c1911 - 1939
Blueprints for ride structures and platforms, including the Whirlwind Racer, the Rocket and Revolving Speedway and cars, Gorleston Ghost Train, No.1 Swoop and Noah’s Ark.
Blueprints of Plans and Elevation Drawings for Various Fairground Rides, c1880 - 1939
No.33 Dodgem Plan, c1920 - 1939
Floor plan of track and elevation drawings for No.33 Blackpool, Olympia.
Orton and Spooner Collection
This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.
Plans, c1916 - 1939
Blueprints of electric parts for fairground rides supplied by Mather & Platt Ltd and Hackett & Co., Electrical Engineers to Orton and Spooner.
Whirldwind Racer Blueprint, 3 September 1936
Plan of whirldwind racer in Olympia, Grand Hall, for Mr John Collins, scale 1/16". Drawing X1070.