Record

Ref NoMS 3147/5/1406
TitlePump work, 1770s—1827, 1845, 1847, 1848, 1858, 1876, 1879, not dated
LevelFile
Date1770 - 1879
DescriptionPump Work and Blowing Cylinders. (68 items).

1406. Pump Work. 1770s-1827, 1845, 1847, 1848, 1858, 1876, 1879, not dated. 68 items.

Plan of an engine, "east" and "south boilers" and pit pumps - 2 partially coloured drawings, not dated [1770s?].

Clack door piece, flanch and pipes for 13½ inch pumps, not dated [1780s?].

Flanch of the clack door for 13½ inch pumps, not dated [1780s?].

Section of a clack suitable for 17 inch working barrel, not dated [1780s?].

1790s:
Clack door piece for Matthew Boulton - reverse drawing, Feb. 1790.

Clack for Matthew Boulton - reverse drawing, Jul. 1790.

Plan and elevations of well, pumps, horse wheel etc. for Isaac Spooner - reverse drawing, Oct. 1790.

Pump for the Warwick & Birmingham Canal engine - partially shaded reverse drawing, Jun. 1794.

Parts of the pump for the Gloucester & Berkeley Canal - reverse drawing, Jul. 1794.

Section of pump for Gloucester & Berkeley Canal No. 2 - partially shaded original and partially shaded reverse drawings, not dated [1796].

1800s:
Pump, clack door etc. for Chelsea Water Works - partially coloured drawing, Oct. 1803.

30 inch pump, clack seat etc. for the Caledonian Canal, not dated [1804].

Section of 48 inch pump for Romney Marsh, Nov. 1804.

Sections and plans of 48 inch pump for Romney Marsh - partially coloured drawing, Oct. & Nov. 1804 [2 drawings on 1 sheet].

Sketches and dimensions of working barrel, clack door, clack seat piece etc. for 52 inch engine L [Somerset Coal Cana], Apr. 1805 [2 drawings stuck together].

1810s:
Sketch front and side views of pumps at London Dock worked by old 20 horse engine - 2 sketches, Aug. 1813.

Sketch of pump at Strand Bridge Water Works worked by a 10 horse engine, Aug. 1813.

Sketches and notes on pump rod and gudgeons for 48 inch engines W and XX [New River Head], not dated [circa 1814?].

Cast iron pump rods for various 50, 52 and 54 inch engines 1810-1812.

Pump rods for various engines 1806-1816.

Small sketch of clack seat pipe for 28 inch pump for Chatham Dockyard, not dated [1816?].

Sketch and notes on pump for Hugh McIntosh, Aug. 1816.

Working barrel, clack seats etc. for 64 inch engine XQ [Regent's Canal Co.] - partially shaded drawing, Jul. 1819.

Plan of pumps, air vesel etc. for 64 inch engines XQ and XR [Regent's Canal Co.] - partially shaded drawing, Jul. 1819.

Sketch of part of 24 inch pump for 64 inch engines XQ and XR [Regent's Canal Co.], not dated [1819].

Sketch side views of various pumps 1804-1819.

Small sketch of working barrel etc. for 42 inch engine XH [Portsmouth & Arundel Canal Co. No. 2], not dated [1819].

1820s:
Sketch of pump rod for 54 inch engine XF [Chelsea Water Works], Jul. 1821.

10 inch double pump for Lichfield Water Works - 6 sketches and small drawings, Jan. 1822.

Sketches of pumps for 53 horse engines L [Heath Son & Furze / La Compagnie d'Ourscamp] and C, Jul. 1822 [2 small sketches stuck together].

Small sketch of air vessel and top of the pump for 53 horse engine L [La Compagnie d'Ourscamp], not dated [1822].

Sketch of valve and cover for 22 inch pump for 36 inch engine YM [Southwark Water Works], not dated [1822].

Sketch of the base of a set of pumps by William Creighton, with note by William Buckle dated 9 Nov. 1826 attached.

Small sketch of top of the pump for 60 inch engine RK [East London Water Works], not dated [1826 / 1827].

1840s:
Pump for the Great Western Railway - coloured tracing sent to Boulton Watt & Co., Sep. 1845.

Elevations of pumps for the East Docks, Woolwich Dockyard - tracing, Apr. 1847.

Machinery and pumps for the Artesian Well at Northampton - 4 sheets of tracings made from drawings by Joseph Glynn, Nov. 1848.

1850s:
Valves at base of a pump [?] - coloured tracing sent to James Brown, Jun. 1858.

1870s:
"Pump rod cased with brass for Top Lift Park Lane pumps" - tracing sent by William Thornton, Castle Mill Works, Jun. 1876.

Delivery pipe for Birmingham Water Works - partially coloured drawing, Aug. 1879.

Not dated:
Elevations of a pump with a double barrel - original and reverse drawings marked "J. S. - John Southern?].

Elevation of a pump.

Section of pump pipe etc. - shaded drawing.

"Sketch of Lord Somer's pump at Eastnor Castle" - original and coloured reverse drawings, not dated [drawings made for Robert Smirke].

Part of the side of a pump pipe [?].

Sketch "Scheme for a Pump, Mr. Murdock."

Sketch section of engine house showing top of pump, working barrel, delivery pipe, arrangement of engine etc., [by William Creighton].

Sketches of pumps and air vessels of various water works engines [by William Creighton].

Sketches of pumps for Somerset Coal Canal, Manchester Water Works, Kennet & Avon Canal [by William Creighton].

Sketch of "pump rod 74 inch Camp Hill".

Section of a pump in a well - tracing.

Memoranda etc.:
Calculations and sketches for pump work for a 33 inch engine, not dated [in John Southern's hand - 1780s?].

Sketches and notes of various pumps for Holland, 1786-1806 [in William Creighton's hand].

Memorandum "Continuation of pump rods", 1826.

Portfolio cover marked "Sketches of Pump Work of Early Date" by Henry Hazleton.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
Add to My Items

    Showcase items

    A list of our latest and most exciting new items.