| Description | 83. Bengal Steamboat Sir William Peel (XI & XJ). Dec. 1859, Mar.-May 1860. 14 items.
Two 60 horse power oscillating engines, with 44 inch cylinders, 3½ foot strokes.
Cross-section of the boat showing engines and paddles etc. - 2 coloured drawings; plan of the engine room and boilers, plan of the deck beams, cross-section at the forward boiler and longitudinal section of the engine room, feathering paddle wheels, details of paddle wheels - coloured drawings; sections and plan of the boiler - partially coloured drawing; slide valve - tracing. These drawings were made in the London office.
Transcript of letter from Commander Rennie, Superintendant of Marine, to J. V. Grant, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, dated 22 Dec. 1859, with specification of the engines; letter from J. C. Melville dated India Office, London, 9 Mar. 1860; memorandum "Specification of 2 60 horse engines for the Sir William Peel; list of duplicate tools supplied.
Also the following later item: sections and plan of new boilers - partially coloured drawing, Mar. 1869.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 1092.
For the Government of India, Bengal Marine. |