Record

Ref NoMS 3147/6/71
TitlePumping Engine – Woolwich Dockyard, London, 1840, 1842 (16 items).
LevelItem
Date1840-1842
Description71. Pumping Engine - Woolwich Dockyard, London (KA). Jan. 1840, Jun., Sep. 1842. 16 items.
Single-acting engine, with 36 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam].

Proposed plan and section of the engine and boiler house - coloured drawing and tracing copy; 36 inch pump - partially coloured drawing; sketch for pump for injection and filling tank; air vessel and delivery pipes for the 10 inch pump; front of packing stage - reverse drawing; small sketch of pipe; letter from James Walker to James Brown dated Great George St., 29 Mar. 1843, requesting details of the pumping engine.

For the Honourable the Commissioners of the Navy, ordered by James Walker. Pumping engine, Woolwich Dockyard. These drawings were loaned to Walker and returned by him to the London office.

See also: Portfolio 5/663.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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