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Ref NoMS 3147/5/832/c
TitleThomson Hankey & Co., Worthy Park Estate, Jamaica, 1846, 1860
LevelFile
Date1846-1860
DescriptionIndependent Beam (Crank) Engines (14 items).

832c. Thomson Hankey & Co., Worthy Park Estate, Jamaica (IS). Oct., Nov. 1845, Jan., Apr., May 1846, Mar. 1860. 14 items.
14 horse power independent crank engine, with 22 inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Also sugar mill.

Sugar mill - original, Foundry copy and reverse drawings, Nov. 1845 (the Foundry copy is dated Dec. 1846 and marked "Used for Thomson Hankey & Co. 1845 & for S. B. Moody Esq. 1846"); plan of the engine and boiler houses and mill house, transverse section of the boiler house and longitudinal section of the engine house, longitudinal section of the sugar mill and transverse section of the engine, longitudinal section of the boiler house, transverse sections of the boiler and mill houses - reverse drawings; plan and sections of the engine, boiler and sugar mill - original and reverse drawings; feed and delivery apparatus for sugar mill, gearing for sugar mill. All these drawings bear letter codes.
Also sketch plan and description of the engine and mill marked "Received at Soho with their letter of 14 Oct. 1845"; tracing of fire bars for coals.
Also pencil elevation and plan of boiler, 31 Mar. 1860.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 893. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 232.

For G. & T. Price, Worthy Park Estate, Jamaica. Ordered by Thomson Hankey & Co. of London.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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