| Description | Water Works Engines (169 items).
1079. The New River Co., Stoke Newington, London, "Lion" & "Lioness" (CL & CT). Apr., May, Jul.-Dec. 1854, Jan.-Dec. 1855, Jan., Feb., Apr., May, Jul.-Sep. 1856, Feb. 1857, Jan., Jun., Jul. 1858, Sep. 1859, Feb. 1860, Oct., Dec. 1866, Sep. 1869, Dec. 1872. 169 items.
Two 200 horse power crank engines, with 60 inch cylinders, 8 foot strokes, parallel motions, cast iron beams, cast iron connecting rods.
Views of the engine & boiler houses, 1854:
Section and plan of the proposed engine and boiler houses - uncoded tracings, 1854; plan of the engine house, cross-section of the engine house - tracings, Apr. 1854; plan of the engine and boiler houses - uncoded partially coloured drawing made in the London office and sent to Soho, May 1854; sections of boilers and seating - uncoded coloured reverse drawing made in the London office and sent to Soho, Jul. 1854; plan of the engine house, plan of the tunnels and wells, longitudinal section of the engine house (partially shaded), cross-section of the engine house through the crank platform (with tracing of the original), cross-section of the engine house showing the column platform, cross-section of the engine house showing the cylinder platforms - reverse drawings, circa Jul. 1854. These drawings bear letter codes unless otherwise noted.
"Architectural Drawings" of the engine and boiler houses, land sections:
Front elevation, south elevation, north elevations, sections (marked "Contract No. 8"); copies of the front and south elevations and sections; section showing heights of reservoirs above the Trinity High Water mark in the Thames; tracing of section of the New River from the Marble Guage to the New River Head; tracing of engine house (not titled or dated - possibly an earlier design or a different engine house). None of these drawings are dated.
Drawings of the stand pipe tower:
Coloured plans and sections, with tracing copy, circa Jul. 1854 (these 2 drawings bear letter codes); tracing of sketch of pipes taken from the previous drawings, Nov. 1854; large sheet of coloured plans and sections, with tracing copy; sheet of tracings of plans and sections; tracing of smaller scale section of the tower showing pipes, water line, ground level etc.; tracing of section of tower below engine house floor; tracing of plan of the tower and pipes etc. None of these tracings are dated or bear letter codes unless otherwise noted.
Components, pumps, boilers etc. May 1854-Feb. 1860:
Water gauge (also used for Hamburg Water Works); nozzles and valves - coloured original drawing; pump beams - original and reverse drawings; air vessel, air pump and condenser - partially shaded original drawings; bucket of air pump, main lever and plummer blocks, spring beams, columns and entablatures - coloured original drawings; parallel motion - partially coloured original with uncoded smaller scale drawing; cold water pump - 2 coloured original and 2 coloured reverse drawings; working gear - original and reverse drawings; cam shaft; hot water pump, hot water cistern - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; rods for inner and outer pumps - original, direct copy and coloured reverse drawings; connecting rod - original and direct copy drawings; clack valve for the 22 inch double pump, fly wheel, clack valve for the 30 9/16 inch double pump, crank shaft and plummer block and headstock plate, buckets and valves etc. for the inner and outer pumps - partially coloured original drawings; position of the air vessels and platforms and tunnels etc. - coloured original and coloured reverse drawings; inner and outer pumps - coloured original drawing; plan of the boilers etc., longitudinal section of boiler, transverse section and view of boilers, end view of steam pipes (reverse only) - original and reverse drawings; 38 inch sluice cock, stop pipes for top of boilers, steam stop valve - partially coloured original drawings; sketch of pipes - original and reverse drawings; wrought iron cistern for top of stand pipe - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; air force pump - coloured original drawing; air force pump and pipes - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; parts of the working gear for engine CL - uncoded coloured drawing; general arrangement of boilers, steam, feed and drain pipes - original and reverse drawings; details of working gear - coloured original drawing; columns and brackets for injection and cam gear - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; overflow pipes - reverse drawing; overflow pipes - partially coloured original and 2 tracing copies; barrel for 38 inch flange pipes - tracing; hand rail and pillars - sketch and tracing; delivery valves for inner and outer pumps - coloured original drawing; small sketch of cylinder platform; outer clack, inner clack, new springs for pistons - partially coloured originals and tracings; sketch for repair of plummer block - partially coloured original drawing; sketch of delivery valve - partially coloured original drawing; gland to be applied to present drain pipes - partially coloured original and reverse drawings; outlets for large and small pumps - 3 tracings by William Bowman, Engine Superintendent, sent to Soho. All these drawings bear letter codes.
Rough and uncoded sketches, tracings, memoranda etc.
Sketch of cylinder, May 1854; tracing of plan of the cylinder floor marked "with Mr. Brown's letter of 18 Oct. 1854" and "Extract from Drawing No. 3"; 2 sheets of drawings of parts of working gear for engine CL, Nov. 1854; tracing of stop valve sketched at the New River Co. Nov. 1854; cams for engine CL, Mar. 1855; rods, gudgeons etc. for engine CT, with tracing copy, Apr. 1855; feed pipes [?], May 1855; sketch section of boiler house marked "with Jos. Turner's letter of 30 Jul. 1855"; waste water pipes etc., Sep. 1855; tracing of plummer block for main gudgeon, Oct. 1855; pipe socket, marked "with Mr. Brown's letter 1 Dec. 1855"; air force pump and feed pipes for engine CT, Feb. 1856; feed pipes for engine CT, May 1856; list and sketches of lubricators required for the 2 engines, marked "with Mr. Brown's letter 24 May 1856; tracing of spring for the discharge valve, marked "with Mr. Brown's letter 29 Jul. 1856; India rubber stop rings, marked "Messrs. Silver & Co., 2 Aug. 1856"; sluice and drain to sewer marked "with William Langdon's letter 20 Sep. 1856"; comparison of the duty of James Watt & Co.'s engines with Simpson & Co.'s double cylinder 150 horse engines with extract from letter from James Brown, 20 Feb. 1857; press copy sketch showing plan of securing delivery valves on the pumps, marked "sent with Mr. Brown's letter of 16 Jan. 1858"; tracing of indicator diagram, Jul. 1858; tracing of longitudinal section of engine, Oct. 1866; tracing of valve gear marked "(Copy) from drawing sent here from London St., Dec. 1866"; template of spindles for double beat valves drawn in London, Sep. 1869; tracing of valve gear marked "with Mr. Barclay's letter of 5 Dec. 1872"; diagram of nozzle cams; overflow and emptying pipes - shaded drawing; foot valve -coloured drawing; sketch of savealls for inner and outer pump rods; sketch showing dimensions for ornamental rail at front of nozzles; beams to carry stand pipes; part of valve [?]; sketch plan of air vessels and pipes etc.; tracing of masonry courses for part of the engine house; tracing of plan of the tunnels; tracing of sketch of pipes to Simpson's engines; sketch of heights in the engine house; 2 press copy plans of cylinder etc. of 1 engine and pumps [?]; tracing of elevation and plan of nozzles and steam pipes; tracing of plan of pipes, pumps, air vessel etc.
Tracings and drawings of water pipes:
No. 1 - Sketch of pipes, No. 2 - Sketch of pipes (2 copies), No. 3 - Sketch of pipes, No. 4 - Sketch of pipe (2 copies) - set of tracings made in London, Nov. 1854; elevation and plan of curved pipes sent from the London office, Nov. 1854, with tracing; sketch of pipe no. 10 - tracing; sketch of pipes nos. 10 & 18 - original drawing and tracing; sketch of pipes nos. 25-30 - tracing; tracing of section and plan of overflow pipes [?]; tracing of sketch of pipes (curved pipes and ascending and descending pipes in the tower); ascending and descending pipes for the tower [?] - original drawing with tracing.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 1037. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 182.
For the New River Co. Pumping engines, Stoke Newington, London. The firm called these engines "Lion" and "Lioness". They were erected alongside two double-cylinder 150 horse engines made by Simpson & Co.
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