| Description | 77. St. Katherine's Docks, London (QA & QB). Jun.-Aug., Oct. 1827, Mar.-May, Aug., Sep. 1828, Apr. 1829, Feb. 1854, Aug. 1861, Mar. 1862. 30 items.
Two 80 horse power crank engines, with 44 inch cylinders, 7 foot strokes, parallel motions, cast iron beams, cast iron connecting rods.
Set of drawings copied from drawings made at Soho, Jun.-Aug. 1827:
Cross-section of the engine house, plan of the engine and boiler houses - partially coloured drawings; longitudinal sections of boiler and engine house; cross-section of the boilers and view of 2 pumps and suction pipes; plan of the end of boiler house and plan of the pumps; pumps etc. - partially shaded drawing.
Coloured drawings, Oct. 1827:
Sketch for engine house; plan of engine and boiler houses; cross-section of the engine house; cross-section of the boiler house and longitudinal section of boiler.
Section of the pump platform etc. - direct copy and reverse drawing; longitudinal section of engine house through the chimney - partially coloured drawing; pumps and pipes; plan of the spring beam floor - partially coloured drawing; outline elevation of engine and pump; water pumps - partially shaded drawing; plan and section of feeding, waste water, injection and steam pipes and pipes to supply the tank; finishings for front of boilers - partially shaded drawing; plan of the floor over the pumps - partially coloured drawing; section of the engine and boiler houses - coloured drawing marked "From Mr. Aitchison's drawing"; sketch for tank pump; plan of the pump and side view of column and entablature; sections of air vaults - coloured drawing; wrapper marked "St. Katherine's as executed".
Also the following later items:
Houses for 16 inch and 20 inch accumulators - 3 coloured tracings, Feb. 1854; pumping engine boilers arrangement of steam and feed pipes - partially coloured tracing, Aug. 1861; diagram to ascertain the "lap" required for an expansion of about 2/5 - partially coloured diagram, Mar. 1862.
For St. Katherine's Docks, London. Pumping engines for the entrance lock. These drawings were made in the London office and sent to Soho at a later date.
See also: Portfolio 5/661. |