| Description | Water Works Engines (17 items).
1096. Glasgow Water Works Nos. 4 & 5 (U & WL). Sep., Oct. 1818, Jan., Mar. 1819, May 1826, Apr. 1829. 17 items.
Two single-acting engines, with 54 inch cylinders, 8 foot strokes, parallel motions, cast iron beams.
Reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses, longitudinal section of the engine and boiler, cross-sections of the engine house near the cylinder and at the pump well, cross-section of the boilers and boiler house, external elevation of the engine and boiler houses (shaded), small plan of the engine and boiler houses; plan of the pumps and well and view of the pumps - partially shaded reverse drawing; working barrel and clack seats etc. - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings (these drawings were used for the second engine in 1825, and the original drawing has a note about new working barrels for the two engines in this house dated Apr. 1829 stuck to it); plan of the pump and clack seats etc. - partially coloured original and reverse drawings (these drawings were used for the second engine in 1825); sketches of pump and clack seat made from the previous drawings and sent to the Foundry (2 small sheets stuck together); notes and sketches about spring beams, entablature beams, pipes etc. sent to the Foundry (3 small sheets stuck together); sketch and note re clack seats for the second engine, May 1826 (2 small sheets stuck together); printed list of the materials required. All the drawings except the last 3 items bear letter codes.
Also "Pipes for supplying the City of Glasgow with Water" - list of names of streets with details of pipe lengths, inclination of the street etc.; plan and section of the new engine house by Henry Creighton, Sep. 1818; letter from Henry Creighton to William Creighton dated Glasgow, 18 Mar. 1819, with sketch plan of the pump well etc.; undated plan of the reservoirs and the first engine house, with plan of the new engine house stuck on.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 710. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 180.
For the Glasgow Water Works. Pumping engine, Dalmarnock, Glasgow. The engine house for these engines was built close to the house containing the first two engines of 1807 [see Portfolio 5/1095]. From the start the house was designed for two engines, and the second engine, coded WL, was erected in 1825-1826. These engines pumped water from the springs at Dalmarnock to the Sidney Street reservoir. The engine house containing engines nos. 6 & 7 was built alongside this house [see Portfolio 5/1097].
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8).
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