| Description | 84b. Soho Mint, Soho Foundry. May-Sep. 1860, Jan. 1861, Nov. 1864, Apr. 1870, Oct. 1874, Jun. 1875. 19 items.
Parts of 30 horse power engine, coining presses, vacuum pumps etc.
Engine shaft, working gear - partially coloured drawing; parts of coining presses; piston and connecting rod for vacuum pump; parts of cold water pump; starting gear for the coining presses; engine crank - partially coloured drawing; furnaces for heating plate - partially coloured reverse drawing (also used for Frith Sands & Co., Jun. 1871); plates for the cutting out and coining press foundations; vacuum pipe; elevation and plan of pipes for vacuum pump - partially coloured drawing; elevation and plan of ? - partially coloured drawing; part of press [?]; pencil elevation of arrangement of shafts.
Also the following later items: 9 foot fly wheel - partially coloured drawing, Nov. 1864; sections and plan of Hamilton's Patent Boiler - partially coloured drawing, Apr. 1870; annealing furnace for strips - partially coloured drawing marked "Not adopted", Oct. 1874; connecting rod for vacuum pump - partially coloured drawing, Jun. 1875.
For James Watt & Co., Soho Mint, Soho Foundry. James Watt & Co. established this new mint at Soho Foundry in 1860, and extended it on various occasions. The machinery included the press bought from Soho Mint at the Manufactory in 1850 [see 84a].
See also: 5/714g, 7/36b. |