| Description | Side Lever Boat Engines for Land (4 items).
1062. Curries & Co., Bromley (UN). Apr. 1825, May 1864. 4 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, plan of the tunnel, longitudinal section of the engine house, longitudinal section of boiler, cross-section of the engine house and boilers (the boilers are marked "Brunton's grates).
Also sketch of old and new blow valves, May 1864. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 811. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 204.
For Curries & Co. Brewery, Bromley. The firm later bought a 25 horse boat engine in 1839 [see Portfolio 5/1063] and a 40 horse crank engine in 1843 [see Portfolio 5/526].
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