| Description | The file contains correspondences and enclosures and file notes discussing seeking a suitable design and supplier for access equipment for the paint frame, including various types of lift, elevator and tower. Small speaker installation, the false proscenium, Lower Theatre proscenium rostra, the floor finish in the workshops and rehearsal rooms and the Lower Theatre stage control panel are also briefly mentioned. Correspondents include Access Equipment Ltd, Mole-Richardson (England) Ltd, Simon Engineering Dudley Ltd, Gough Econ Ltd, Matbro (Sales) Ltd, Lenson Engineering Ltd, Sidetracker Engineering Ltd, GEC- Elliot Mechanical Handling Ltd, Hymo Lift Ltd, Ling Systems Ltd, Power Lifts Ltd, Flint & Neill Ltd, Denys Lasdun & Partners, Tele-Stage Associates Ltd, South Bank Theatre Board, Davis Belfield and Everest, HM Factory Inspectorate (Department of Employment), Greater London Council (GLC), P E Kemp Engineers Ltd and Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. Items include drawing number 552/02/4808 'Workshops: Pitched Glazing Over Paint Frame; Section Adj. Gable End', drawing number 552/01/4071 'Workshops Section Between 6-7', Hymo Lift Ltd drawing number 4-1052 'G.A. of P56 Working Platform', drawing number 904/341 'National Theatre Announcement Point Panels AP1, AP2, AP3', rough sketches showing 'Electro Hydraulic Transmission Proposal', 'Nail-less Cloth Clamp', 'Section Through Paint Frame Elevator and Service Guide Track' and an untitled drawing of a scissor lift; sketch number 904/593 'National Theatre Scissor Lift Paint Platform Proposal', a rough sketch of the paint frame, drawing number 904-92 sheets 1 and 2 'National Theatre Workshops 12.00 Level No.1 Fixed Paintframe' and 'National Theatre Workshops (12.00 Level) G.A. No.1 Fixed Paintframe', two letters and a schedule of recommendations from HM Factory Inspectorate about safety. Original card folder to be disposed of. '[904]/5B12 1 The New National Theatre Closed: May 76 Paint Frame Elevators' was written on the spine. |