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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 534 Collections and/or Records:

Plan of Running Platforms, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.34(liii)
Scope and Contents

Section of running platforms plan, scale 1". Stampped Geo. Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd, Burton-on-Trent.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints of Plans and Elevation Drawings for Various Fairground Rides

Plan of Running Platforms Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.25(iii)
Scope and Contents

Blueprint for plan of running platforms to scale, stamped Geo. Orton, Sons & Spooner Burton on Trent.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints and Elevation Drawings

Plans, c1930 - 1989

 Series
Reference code: 178M5
Scope and Contents

Plans and drawings for fairground ride models and original rides.

Dates: c1930 - 1989
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Arthur Jones Collection

Plans, c1916 - 1939

 Series
Reference code: 178M15
Scope and Contents

Blueprints of electric parts for fairground rides supplied by Mather & Platt Ltd and Hackett & Co., Electrical Engineers to Orton and Spooner.

Dates: c1916 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection

Plans and Drawings for Ride Mechanisms and Components, c1890 - 1939

 File
Reference code: 178V10.49
Scope and Contents

Plans and drawings for ride mechanisms for organs, J. Collins big boats and scenic car axels and boxes, details of horizontal shaft and tee swift for juvenile roundabout, water dodgem drifters, W. Davis top motion gallopers, electric yacht bearings, break return ropes for whirlwind racer, floor bearers and sleepers, helter skelter washer plates, cotter bolts and pins.

Dates: c1890 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork

Plans for J. Collins' Big Boats, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.49(v)
Scope and Contents

Design showing floor section of J. Collins' Big Boats ride with annotations. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Plans and Drawings for Ride Mechanisms and Components

Plans of Sleepers and Floor Bearers, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.49(xii)
Scope and Contents

Scaled plans for sleepers and floor bearers for a fairground ride. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Plans and Drawings for Ride Mechanisms and Components

Platform and Location of Fun Devices Drawing, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(vi)
Scope and Contents

Layout of platforms with approximate location of fun devices on tracing paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Platform and Track Sections Drawing, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(iii)
Scope and Contents

Drawing showing 25 track sections and 26 platforms, colour wax pencil on tracing paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Platform Layout Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(xi)
Scope and Contents

Layout of ride platform.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Platforms and Sections Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(vii)
Scope and Contents

Layout of platforms and sections.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Platforms and Sections Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(ix)
Scope and Contents

Layout of platforms and sections.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Platforms Drawing, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(i)
Scope and Contents

Black wax pencil on tracing paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Platforms Drawing, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(ii)
Scope and Contents

Colour wax pencil on tracing paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Platforms Drawing, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(iv)
Scope and Contents

Pencil on tracing paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Positive Drive for Boats Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.28(xii)
Scope and Contents

Blueprint showing the proposed positive drive for boats by Testi & Company Engineers, Whitley Road, London, N17.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

Proposed Arrangement for Rollabout Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.28(xxi)
Scope and Contents

Blueprint showing the plan and side elevation of 25 feet diameter track for a rollabout with 20 cars. Drawing No.4.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

Proposed Canopy for Opera House Building Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.28(xxix)
Scope and Contents

Proposed canopy design for Burton on Trent Opera House showing a front elevation, canopy, decorative glass and other decorative elements. Drawing 16A.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

Provisional Specification for Improvement in Apparatus for Recreation and Amusement, 9 May 1908 - 16 December 1919

 Item
Reference code: 178H8.21
Scope and Contents

Provisional specification for improvement in apparatus for recreation and amusement, including diagrams of the invention, issued to Tom Charles Bland 9th May 1908 and letter from T. C. Bland W. J. Lake, inventors of spiral apparatus for amusements for the use of the patent.

Dates: 9 May 1908 - 16 December 1919
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Business Records

Pulley End Cover Blueprint, 8 November 1917

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.21
Scope and Contents

Blueprint of diagram of pulley end cover P&K3c STD, X25148.

Dates: 8 November 1917
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans

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