Important Victorian engineering drawings to be digitised

  • 2013-11-20
The drawings of a famous 19th century engineer will soon reach a global audience as Plans to make them viewable online come to fruition.

The works of Frederick Savage – who rose from humble beginnings to the status of a multi-millionaire with his talent for designing fairground rides and agricultural equipment – will soon be digitised.

The engineer’s technical drawings, along with other documents associated with his career, are currently stored away in Lynn Museum. However, they are soon to be moved to Norwich Record Office, where they will be made available for viewing on the web.

Staff working at the museum believe the Plans will be good for the preservation of the papers, and that the digitalisation will help to boost the number of requests they receive from engineers and model makers to see the genius’ documents.

According to Lynn News, Tim Thorpe, who is a collections officer, said the documents consist of 2,000 individual drawings and papers, and while records for each piece do exist, there are currently no images of them.

Museums often use the services of reputable brochure printers in Kings Lynn to let people know when new services become available.

Savage was born into a relatively poor family, near Norwich, in 1828. After working as a labourer on a farm when he was 10, his career took off when he became an engineering apprentice.

In 1848, he moved to Lynn and went on to establish his own company, manufacturing and repairing farming machinery. Later, he was inspired by the Lynn Mart to begin making rides for fairgrounds.

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