| Description | Water Works Engines (7 items).
1094. Glasgow Water Works No. 3 (YG). May 1814, Jan.-Mar. 1817. 7 items.
Single-acting engine, with 26¼ inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam.
Reverse longitudinal section of the engine house, cross-section of the engine house, cross-section through the cistern, plan of the engine house; catch pins etc. - reverse drawing; working barrel, clack seats etc. - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; memorandum and sketches by Henry Creighton of the engine house, the existing engine etc. (Creighton's memorandum also contains notes on an order by the Carlisle Twist Co. and progress of E. Rothwell & Co. and Henry Houldsworth's engines). All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 698. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 180.
For the Glasgow Water Works. Pumping engine, Sidney St., Glasgow. This engine was the third engine to be placed in the Sidney St. engine house. It replaced one with a 24 inch cylinder and 4½ or 5 foot stroke. It pumped water from Sidney St. to the Rotten Row basins.
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9). |