| Description | Side Lever Boat Engines for Land (3 items).
1058. George Cheetham & Sons, Stalybridge (QH). Sep. 1827. 3 items.
20 horse power side lever boat engine for land, with 26¾ inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke.
Reverse plan of the engine house and boiler, longitudinal section of the engine house, cross-section of the engine house and boiler (the drawings show space for a second engine). All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 850. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 204.
For George Cheetham & Sons. Textile mill, Stalybridge, Cheshire. Cheetham & Sons bought two 20 horse boat engines for land; this engine and engine OR in 1832 [see Portfolio 5/1047]. The drawings show the two engines to be erected in a line. The firm also bought two 60 horse boat engines for land in 1833 [see Portfolio 5/1049].
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