| Description | Water Works Engines (16 items).
1101. Shadwell Water Works, London, No. 3 (SW). Jan.-Aug. 1798. 16 items.
16 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 21? inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Reverse sketch end and side views of the engine, Feb. 1798; longitudinal section of the engine house, plan of the engine house and boiler, plan and section of the double pump, view of the framing to support the cylinder, drawings of the cistern - reverse drawings, Mar. 1798; longitudinal section and plan of the engine house and boiler, Apr. 1798; plan of the engine and pump and boiler, general view of the engine, view of the pump, front view of the engine - reverse drawings, Jul. 1798.
Air vessels, connecting rod and crank, cap and straps for the pump rod, parallel motion, guide pulley for great pump, guide for pump rod - reverse drawings; shaded elevation and plan of air vessel, distributor, cocks, pipes etc. marked "Drawing sent with Mr. Foulds' letter of 20 Jan. 1798"; side view and plan of the engine, boiler, air vessel etc. marked "Copy of drawing sent by Mr. Foulds, March." All the drawings except the last 2 items bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 296. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 176.
For Shadwell Water Works. Pumping engine, Shadwell, London. This was the third engine at Shadwell; the first was erected in 1778 [see Portfolio 5/1104] and the second in 1784 [see Portfolio 5/1102]. This engine was referred to as a 16 horse engine despite its cylinder being slightly larger than the usual 16 horse design. The Catalogue of Old Engines lists this engine twice on p. 176. Hazleton allocated the new portfolio number 1101 to old book 296, but then moved the drawings to portfolio 1104, and moved some of the contents of portfolio 1104 (drawings for the first Shadwell engine) into this portfolio. Drawings for the 1798 crank engine are now in this portfolio, while all the drawings for the first engine have been united in portfolio 1104.
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