| Description | Water Works Engines (75 items).
1091. The New River Co., Broken Wharf, London (VU). Jul., Dec. 1822, Apr.-Jul., Sep., Oct. 1823, Jan., Apr., Jun.-Sep. 1824, Oct.-Dec. 1850, Jan.-Mar., May, Jul. 1851. 75 items.
Inverted engine, with 66 inch cylinder, 9 foot stroke. Engine moved to Tottenham Court Road circa 1851.
Coloured drawings sent by William Chadwell Mylne, Jul. 1823:
Plans of the engine house showing engine, boilers pumps etc. (4 drawings on 1 sheet marked "Thomas Pitt, draftsman"; cross-section and longitudinal section of the engine house, boilers, well etc.; cross-section showing vacuum vessel etc.
Plan and sections of the boilers - reverse drawings, Sep. 1823; side view of the engine - shaded reverse drawing, Jul. 1824; general plan of the engine and boilers, plan of the pumps, cross-section of the engine house and boilers - partially coloured reverse drawings, Sep. 1824.
Cylinder, steam case etc. - partially shaded original drawing; pump - partially coloured original and duplicate drawings, with 2 small sketches made from it and sent to the Foundry; plan of the pumps and air vessels, longitudinal section of the well, cross-section of the well at the pump - reverse drawings; plan of the pumps, air pump beam and parallel motion - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; working gear - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings, tracing and Foundry copy of the reverse drawing; nozzle - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings. All these drawings bear letter codes.
Also sketch plan of air pump and condenser; sketch of rods; sketch map of the area from New River Head to the Thames showing water mains, Jul. 1822; press copy plans of the engine house, showing beam and inverted engines, Dec. 1822; coloured plan of the premises and section of the basement by William Chadwell Mylne, Apr. 1823, with the engine pencilled in; plan of the pumps etc., May 1823; 2 partially coloured plans and sections of the wharf, pipes and surrounding streets showing proposed new pipes etc., circa Oct. 1823; draft [?] section and plan of the engine house.
Drawings from the engine's removal to Tottenham Court Road, 1850-1851:
Tracing of plan of the engine and boiler houses sent by James Brown, Oct. 1850; tracing of of section of the engine and boilers houses and well; tracing of section of the reservoir; sections and plans of the engine and boiler houses and well - set of 7 partially coloured drawings made in London, Nov. 1850; plan of the engine and boiler houses, longitudinal section of the engine house, transverse sections of the engine and boiler houses, longitudinal section of the boiler house - reverse drawings made at Soho, Dec. 1850; tracing of section of the boiler house sent by William Chadwell Mylne; nozzles with double-beat valves - partially coloured original drawing; new working barrel and plunger and cover - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawing; entablature beam and column - original drawing with sketch taken from it; steam, feed and emptying pipes - partially shaded original and reverse drawings; clack for 40½ inch pump, cylinder beams (marked "Not adopted") - coloured reverse drawings; mode of holding down cylinder beams - coloured reverse drawing sent from London, and partially shaded version made at Soho; cold water cistern, air pump - partially shaded original and partially shaded reverse drawings; valves for the 40½ inch pump - partially coloured reverse drawing; valves for the 40½ inch pump - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; gudgeon and top end of rod for air force drawing - original and partially coloured reverse drawings; double beat valves, exhaust valve - coloured drawings; sketch of spindle for clacks; tracing of section and plan of the cistern. Most of these drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 766. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 180.
For The New River Co. Pumping engine, Broken Wharf, Thames St., London. The engine pumped water from the Thames to New River Head. In 1850-1851 the engine was moved to The New River Co.'s Tottenham Court Road pumping station, where the firm already had a 20 horse independent engine and a 50 horse boat engine [see Pfs. 1087 & 1084].
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