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Ref NoMS 3147/3/522/7
TitleLetter. William Creighton (Soho) to James Watt Jr. (London). 20 Nov. 1826.
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Date20 Nov 1826
DescriptionDocketed “Estimates for St. Katherine’s Dock, viz 2 66 inch engines, 9 foot stroke with 81 inch pumps; 3 54 inch engines, 8 foot stroke with 68 inch pumps. West Middlesex heavy materials of 64 inch may be ready in 14 days and the engine completed in a month. West India Dock 36 inch engine and pumps in 2 to 3 months. Venus cylinder etc. in 3 weeks. A 20 horse ordered by Bury of Salford. Has found Thetis shipwrights’ bills, which he forwards. Navy GB 50 (100) horse boiler weighs 23½ ton.”
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