| Description | 53. Margate No. 6, Magnet (TL & TM). May, Jul. 1826, Mar., May 1827, Jun. 1828. 14 items.
Two 60 horse side lever boat engines, with 42 inch cylinders, 4 foot strokes. Power increased to 70 horses 1828.
Cross-section of the boat showing engines and paddles, longitudinal section of the engine room and boiler, plan of the engine deck beams, plan of the engine sleepers, side view of gangway wale and paddle casing, longitudinal section and plan of the engine and boiler platforms, front view of the boiler and cross-section of the vessel at frame 16; plan and sections of the boiler showing pipes - partially coloured drawing; longitudinal section and plan of the feeding pipes, cross-section of the boat showing feeding pipes; sketch of piston and air pump rods; memorandum of a meeting between James Watt Jr. and Messrs. Knight, Harley and Biggs re alteration to Margate boats, 24 Jul. 1826.
Also the following later items: 70 horse slide valve and eccentric - partially coloured drawing, Jun. 1828; letter from Frederick Bennett to James Brown dated Soho Foundry, 19 Dec. 1833, with sketch of boiler.
For the United Margate Steam Packet Co. The firm was later referred to as the Margate Steam Packet Co. These drawings were made and kept in the London office, and sent to Soho at a later date.
See also: Portfolio 5/1139.
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