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032-003382523 Digitised Content Yes (available) Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. EAP626/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1
Title:
Tracking the Past: the Railway Archives of Sierra Leone
Scope & Content:
Project by the National Railway Museum (part of the Science Museum Group) to digitally photograph and preserve the remaining railway operating documents and ephemera at the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum, and a series of administrative files at the Sierra Leone National Archives, which were...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
3499 TIFF images

2. EAP626/1/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/7
Title:
Postcards
Scope & Content:
1 x 2 inch 6d postage stamp from the colonial period, depicting the Orugu Viaduct. 11 postcards of the railway produced by the Freetown photographers Lisk-Carew Brothers of Freetown. These show bridges and stations, and one street scene in Freetown with the railway tracks in the foreground. Donat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
13 TIFF images

3. EAP626/1/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/2
Title:
Cline Town Works / National Workshops Gate Pass Books
Scope & Content:
Books of stubs recording articles removed from the former Cline Town Locomotive Works. The stubs give the date, the person removing the material, what was removed, occasionally which part of the works the items were taken from, and sometimes where they were taken to. The books are only partiall...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1980
Extent:
148 TIFF images

4. EAP626/1/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/1
Title:
Code words to be used in telegrams on railway business
Scope & Content:
Printed book published by the Sierra Leone Railway titled 'Code words to be used in telegrams on railway business', issued on 16 September 1946 by the General Manager, W.H. Salkield. The book gives instructions on the use of telegrams on the railway, and lists the various single-word 'codes' use...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16-Sep-46
Extent:
31 TIFF images

5. EAP626/1/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/3
Title:
Tally Cards
Scope & Content:
Dates of original material: 1965; 1973. 2 printed 'tally cards' - forms which record the withdrawal of engine oil from the stores department. The forms record who withdrew the oil, how much, the date, and how much oil remained in the stores. These forms formed part of the wider stores accountin...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 1965-1973
Extent:
3 TIFF images

6. EAP626/1/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/5
Title:
Tickets
Scope & Content:
7 miscellaneous tickets for various journeys on the railway. The tickets are the rectangular cardboard 'Edmondson' type tickets that were used on Britain's railways. Those tickets on which a date can be discerned date from 1964. Donated to the SL NRM.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1964
Extent:
14 TIFF images

7. EAP626/1/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/1
Title:
CSO L files - Open Policy Files (files relating to railways)
Scope & Content:
Only files relating directly to railways were photographed from this series. All files were transferred from the Colonial Secretary's Office to the independent Government of Sierra Leone, and lodged in the National Archives.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934-1935
Extent:
24 TIFF images

8. EAP626/1/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/4
Title:
Locomotive Department Stores Requests
Scope & Content:
Small printed forms submitted to the Locomotive Department to request supplies for diesel locomotive and workshop maintenance. Items requested are usually cleaning oil, cylinder oil and fuel oil. Some staff names can be discerned from the signatures. Custodial history: Found in the National Wor...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968-1974
Extent:
26 TIFF images

9. EAP626/1/2/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/7/1
Title:
Postage stamp
Scope & Content:
2' 6d postage stamp from the colonial period, depicting the Orugu Viaduct. Donated to the SL NRM.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 20th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
1 TIFF image

10. EAP626/1/1/2/63

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/63
Title:
Photographs of the railway
Scope & Content:
Four large undated photographs of the railway, showing a train on a bridge (Moa River Bridge), replacing sleepers, Garret locomotive no. 57 and a viaduct under construction. Provenance unknown - possibly passed to the National Archives following the closure of the railway.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

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