| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (2 items).
1010. Mr. Swabey (-) and Richard Moreland & Co. (IG). Aug., Sep. 1839. 2 items.
Two 8 horse power independent crank engines, with [17? inch cylinders, 2½ foot strokes, parallel motions, cast iron beams, cast iron connecting rods. Engine for Swabey countermanded and never built.
Reverse side view of the engine, plan of the engine and boiler, cross-section of the engine and boiler, longitudinal section of the boiler. Both sheets bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 851. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 240, 230.
For Mr. Swabey, and for William Leaf Crofts & Co., ordered by Richard Moreland & Co. The drawings for Swabey were made in Aug. 1839, but his engine was then countermanded. The drawings were re-used for Moreland in Sep. 1839. Henry Hazleton allocated separate portfolio numbers to the engines despite the fact that they did not have separate drawings; Swabey's was Portfolio 1010 and Moreland's was Portfolio 1011. Swabey is listed among the British Independent engines, while Moreland's is among the Sugar Plantation Engines.
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9). |