| Description | Water Works Engines (5 items).
1073. Colchester Water Works (F). Apr., Aug. 1810. 5 items.
Single-acting crank engine, with 17 2/3 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses, plan of the tunnel and well, longitudinal section of the engine house and well, cross-sections of the engine and boiler houses, longitudinal section of boiler; working gear - coloured original front and side views, made in Jul. 1809 for Woolwich Water Works and re-used for Colchester; sketch section of the pump and air vessel; longitudinal section of the engine house and well by William Chadwell Mylne. All the drawings except the last 2 items bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 622. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 178.
For Colchester Water Works. Pumping engine, Colchester, Essex. The geographical section of the List of Engines made at Soho gives the cylinder diameter as 17ΒΌ inches.
See also: 4/93 (Engine Order Book No. 7), Incoming Correspondence.
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