| Description | 32 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 29 inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion. Iron beam and 30¾ inch cylinder added 1807.
Reverse general view of the engine, reverse plans and sections of the engine and boilers (the ground plan has a sketch of a house on the back); reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses with cistern drawings on the same sheet, reverse sections of the engine and boiler houses and framing; reverse section of the chimney. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 262. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 58.
For Joseph Walker of Eastwood, near Rothwell, Richard Thompson of Burton-upon-Trent, cotton spinner and Archer Ward of Derby, white lead manufacturer. Cotton mill, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The firm later became R. Thompson & Sons.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence. |