| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (14 items). Single-acting engine, with 33 1/3 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, plan of the engine; reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses and pump, sections of the engine and boiler houses, boilers, pump and tunnel; working gear - reverse front and side view marked "Not executed"; sketch plan of the air pump, condenser etc.; working gear - coloured original and reverse front and side views; sketch plan of the situation of the engine showing canal, lane, tunnel etc. with plan sketch of tunnels [?] attached marked "From Mr. Hood's sketch"; sketch side view of the engine, boilers and pumps. All the drawings except the last 2 items bear letter codes.
Also sketch of rods for pump buckets, 1 Dec. 1825.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 512. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 136.
For the Birmingham Canal Co. Smethwick locks. This was the second engine erected at the Smethwick locks. |