| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (21 items).
Single-acting engine, with 46 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, chain connection.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine and boiler, plan of the cylinder and boiler tops, ground plan of the engine and boilers; working gear - reverse front and side views; condenser and eduction pipe - reverse drawing (marked "a copy taken from this for the Warwick & Birmingham Canal, 26 Aug. 1795", coded CHY); piston rod cap, chain links, adjusting screws, arch plates for beam ends, martingales, plug brackets, condenser cross bar, beam strap ends, king post stays, air pump bucket rod cap etc. - original and reverse drawings; gudgeon and plummer block - reverse drawing (with the following drawings of gudgeons and plummer blocks attached: Ocker Hill No. 1 Mar. 1785, Mydrecht MDT 23 Jun. 1792, G. Meason 19 Sep. 1803); bearer bars, great bars, fire door and frame, dead plate, damper plate; working gear - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse front and side view. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 142. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 134.
For the Birmingham Canal Co. Ocker Hill, near Tipton.
See also: Incoming Correspondence.
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