| Description | Water Works Engines (26 items).
1076. Lambeth Water Works, London (Y). Feb., Apr., Jun., Sep.-Nov. 1811, Jan.-Mar. 1812, Mar. 1854. 26 items.
36 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 30¾ inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse plan of the engine and pumps, cross-section of the engine showing the pump, general view of the engine and pump; reverse cross-section of the engine house and view of the pump, cross-section of the engine house and crank platform, cross-section of the engine house showing the cylinder platform, plan of the engine house and boiler, plan of the foundations, cross-section of boiler, longitudinal section of the engine house and boiler; outer parallel motion, double pump, pump valve seats and air vessel and valve box - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; sketches of the working barrel; plan and elevation of the proposed alteration of the situation of the air vessels - reverse drawing; outside view of the pump and air vessel etc. - coloured reverse drawing. All these drawings bear letter codes.
Also details of the services by the Water Works on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (2 memoranda marked "Received 2 Feb. 1811"); "Trials with the water pillar gauge at Lambeth Water Works", 31 Jan.-2 Feb. 1811 and sheet of notes on the Camberwell Services (in James Watt Jr.'s hand); "Services and Mains at Lambeth Water Works" - memorandum in James Watt Jr.'s hand, 1 Feb. 1811; "Plan showing a situation for the intended new engine, as proposed by Mr. Simpson" - partially coloured plan marked "No. 3 Lambeth Water Works", 1 Feb. 1811; elevation of the existing engine and river front of the present engine house, general plan of the engine house and premises and section of the suction pipe from the engine house to the river - partially coloured drawings, 4 Feb. 1811; sketch elevation and plan of the engine house, sketches and notes on valves etc. currently used at Lambeth, 24 Jun. 1811; sketch plan and elevations of the engine house and boilers etc., 28 Jan. 1812; sketch outline plan of the engine house marked "brought by Mr. Lawson, 8 Feb. 1812".
Also large coloured section of the engine house and pumps and section of the boiler house and chimney, marked "copied from tracing 3 Mar. 1854."
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 642. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 178.
For Lambeth Water Works. Pumping engine, Lambeth, London. This engine was erected alongside an existing engine with a 24 inch cylinder and 6 foot stroke.
See also: 4/93 (Engine Order Book No. 7).
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