| Description | 33. Elbe Tug Co. Aug., Nov. 1856. 4 items.
Working gear, feed and bilge pumps etc. for 30 horse oscillating engines with 32 inch cylinders, 2 foot 3 inch strokes.
Elevation and plan of the working gear, feed and bilge pumps, cylinder cock and throttle valve gear (also used for the Paris Co. and Bankok), details of the working gear - coloured reverse drawings. All the drawings were made in the London office and bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 1056.
For the Elbe Tug Co. (also referred to as the Elbe Steam Towing Co. on one of the drawings). These drawings were loaned to the Birmingham Museum of Science & Industry, but were noted as missing from the Library in 1986. They were returned from the museum as part of accession (1997/058). |