| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (4 items).
Single-acting engine, with 40 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam.
Reverse plan and sections of the engine house and boiler (one of the drawings has a crossed out plan of Mr. Richardson's engine 1804 on the back); working gear - partially coloured reverse front and side views. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 598. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 294.
For Robert Smithson & Co. Kirkham Colliery, near Wakefield.
See also: 4/93 (Engine Order Book No. 7).
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