| Description | Water Works Engines (9 items). 1080. The New River Co., Cheshunt (JF). Oct., Nov. 1835, Jan. 1836. 9 items. 14 horse power independent crank engine, with [22 inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke], parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod. Reverse plan of the engine and boiler, side view of the engine and boiler, cross-section of the engine and boiler; arrangement of the pump work - coloured original and partially coloured reverse copy; plan of the buildings for the engine (marked as a direct copy but not coded); reverse cross-section of the engine and boiler houses (marked "not executed thus, see drawing NFA"); tracing of the proposed pumping machinery; section of the proposed engine house. All the drawings except the last 4 items bear letter codes. Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 893. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 182. For the New River Co. Pumping engine, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9).
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