| Description | Water Works Engines (140 items).
1078. Hamburg Water Works, Germany (IH & II). Nov. 1844, Feb.-Sep., Dec. 1845, Feb.- May, Jul., Sep., Oct. 1846, Mar., Apr., Jul., Aug., Nov., Dec. 1847, Oct. 1848, Jan., Sep. 1849, Aug., Oct. 1850, Feb., Mar., Aug. 1851, Mar., May 1870, Aug. 1877. 140 items.
Two single-acting engines, with 48 inch cylinders, 8 foot strokes, parallel motions, cast iron beams.
Views of the engine and boiler houses, Apr. 1845:
Coloured reverse plan of the engine house, boiler house, delivery and stand pipes, tower etc.; plan of the engine and boiler houses (with tracing of part of the drawings); longitudinal section of the engine house; transverse section of the engine and boiler houses; transverse section of the engine house showing the cold water pumps; transverse section of the engine house showing the 20 inch pumps; front view of boilers; longitudinal section of boiler; plan of the tunnels; section of foundation of the tower, standpipe etc. All these drawings bear letter codes.
Views of the engine and boiler houses, Aug. 1851:
Coloured reverse longitudinal section of the engine house and pumps, , transverse section of the engine house showing the 16½ inch pumps, transverse section of the engine house showing the cold water pumps, plan of the tunnels, plan of the engine and boiler houses, cross-section of the engine and boiler houses, longitudinal section of boiler, front view of the boilers. All these drawings bear letter codes.
Components, pumps, pipes etc. Apr. 1845-Mar. 1851:
Curved stand pipes for the bottom of the tower - shaded original and reverse drawings; cylinder and steam case, nozzles with double beat valves - partially coloured original drawings; working gear - partially coloured original and partially coloured direct copy; working gear, cataracts, injection gear etc. - partially coloured original drawing; steam, feed, drain and waste water pipes - 2 coloured reverse drawings; plan and elevations of cold water pumps - coloured original and coloured reverse drawings; sections of air vessels - partially coloured original drawing; air pump, condenser etc. - coloured original and coloured reverse drawings; 24 inch and 30 inch pipes from the air vessel to the stand pipe - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; plan and sections of 20 inch and 16½ inch pumps - partially coloured original drawing; stand pipes - 4 partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; beams and plates to support suction pipes - shaded original and partially shaded reverse drawings; main lever and gudgeons etc., main plummer blocks and carriages and plates, slide cocks (3 drawings, 1 with reverse copy), parallel motion, outer end parallel motion, 22 inch double beat valve, 18½ inch double beat valve, balance weights for 16½ inch and 20 inch pumps - coloured original drawings; transverse and longitudinal sections of the engine house showing the spring beams - reverse drawings; waste water pipes, pump to replenish the air vessel with air; mercurial gauge for ascertaining height of water in stand pipes, 24 inch and 30 inch pipes from the air vessels to the stand pipe - partially coloured original and reverse drawings; sketch of pipes - original and reverse drawings; 24 and 30 inch pipes - partially shaded reverse drawing; cataract gearing - partially coloured original drawing; inner end parallel motion - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; air valve gearing for the 20 inch pumps - partially coloured original drawing; working gear - partially coloured reverse drawing; air valve for the 20 inch pumps - partially coloured original and reverse drawings; details of working gear - partially coloured original drawing; bottom part of air vessel, pump to replenish the air vessel with air - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; additional parts of working gear; internal tube for the boilers (also draft drawing), fire tube for the boilers - partially coloured original and reverse drawings; fire and water tubes - original and reverse drawings. All these drawings bear letter codes.
Uncoded drawings, rough sketches etc.:
Sketch plan of the engine house, pipes, tower etc. Mar. 1845; plan of the water works and surrounding area, Apr. 1845, marked "Copied from Mr. Lindley's plan"; press copy sketch of the cylinder, May 1845; transcript of memorandum by Henry Wollaston Blake re gudgeons, Mar. 1846; 16½ and 20 inch pumps, Aug. 1847; sketch of cistern, spring beams etc. by William S. Garland; sketch of feed pump plunger; levers and check rods for working gear - sketch and press copy; washers for side of working gear levers.
Tracings of drawings sent with letters:
2 copies of plan and section of the engine, pumps, pipes, tower etc. numbered XI, 2 copies of sections of the air vessels numbered XII; 2 sheets of elevations and plans of the engine house; "Fire supply in footpath", section of socket for fire plug and pipe, Nov. 1844; 2 sketch plans of the cistern showing air pump and condenser by E. J. Biven, May 1846; sketch plan and elevation of engine house marked "Received at Soho with Mr. Biven's letter of 17 Jul. 1846"; sketch plan of air vessel marked "enclosed in Mr. Biven's letter of 15 Jan. 1847"; plan of the air vessels, plan of the air vessels and pipes - marked "Accompanying our letter of 26 Jan. 1847 written in London"; section of engine house showing pipes, Dec. 1847; air valve [?] by E. J. Biven, Oct. 1848; 3 sketches of bottom of air vessel marked "Sent to Soho from Hamburg Jan. 1849"; sections of boiler marked "…sent over to London on the 23 Aug. 1850"; 2 undated plans of air vessels and pipes etc.
Cast Iron Water Pipes and Cocks:
"Conditions of the Contract for a Quantity of Cast Iron Water Pipes etc." - printed leaflet by the Hamburg Board of Public Works, circa 1844, with 2 sheets of tracings of pipes required; "Conditions of the Contract for a Quantity of Cast Iron Cocks etc." - 2 printed leaflets by the Hamburg Board of Public Works, one dated 21 Feb. 1845, with printed letter signed by E. J. Biven and 6 sheets of drawings and tracings of the cocks required.
Also the following later items:
Transcript of "Specification of a Contract for a Pumping Engine…" by the Hamburg Board of Public Works, 28 Mar. 1870 (18 pages); press copy estimate of a rotative compound engine for the above contract, 5 May 1870 (7 sheets); 3 sheets of tracings, Aug. 1877 (captions in German) - plan and elevations of engine no. 5, new air vessels for engine no. 6, boilers for engine no. 6.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 962. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 182.
For the Hamburg Board of Public Works. Pumping engines, Hamburg, Germany.
See also: Portfolio 6/40.
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