Identity area
Reference code
IE CA RC/1/4/10
Title
Letter from J.P. Jenkins to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy regarding Fire Escape Stairs
Date(s)
- 28 May 1928 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p.; typescript
Context area
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter concerning the potential procurement and installation of a fire escape staircase for Rochestown Friary. The text mentions the enclosure of a blueprint and specification copy detailing two fire escape stairs originally ordered by Messrs. McCarthy & Sons for erection at the Industrial Schools in Glin. Jenkins quotes an approximate price of £97 10s 0d each, free on quay Cork, or roughly £100 delivered to Rochestown Station, noting that these heavy-duty stairs are structurally built to withstand the rough usage expected in an institutional setting.