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Ref NoMS 3147/5/650
TitleBombay Docks, India, 1792, 1807
LevelFile
Date1792-1807
DescriptionDock and Harbour Engines (11 items).

Single-acting engine, with 36 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, [parallel motion, cast iron beam].

Reverse general view of the engine and boilers, plan of the engine and boiler houses, plan of the engine and boiler house foundations, cross-section of the engine house, longitudinal section of the boiler house and a boiler; working gear - reverse front and side views; reverse draft [?] external elevation and plan of the engine and boiler houses (not coded); small sketch of the hot water pump; section of the pump. The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Also "Plan of the Marine Yard with two New Docks and the Improvements proposed by the Committee and approved by the Hon. The Governor in Council with Sections of the Different Buildings, Bombay, 1792", signed by Robert Nicholson, Lt. Col. of Engineers - map of the docks, section of the dock and sections of the various buildings, with key and notes dated Jan. 1792; copy of the plan only made by Boulton Watt & Co.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 572. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 148.

For the East India Co. Pumping engine, Bombay Docks.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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