| Description | Water Works Engines (25 items).
1097. Glasgow Water Works Nos. 6 & 7 (QS & QT). Aug. 1826, Dec. 1826, Jan. 1827, Dec. 1828, Jan.-Mar. May, Jul. 1829, Sep., Oct. 1831. 25 items.
Two single acting engines, with 54 inch cylinders, 8 foot strokes, parallel motions, [cast iron beams].
Reverse plan of the engine house showing the "old 54 inch engine house", cross-section and plan of the boiler house, longitudinal view of engine and boiler, cross-sections of the engine house at the pump end and near the cylinder, plan of the well, view of the pumps (with later drawing of the pumps as executed stuck on); suction pipes and air vessel etc. - original and coloured reverse drawing, and sketches taken from it and sent to the Foundry; view of the pumps (similar to that stuck on the reverse drawing), plan of the pumps [?]; sketch plan of clack and 2 notes re pillars sent to the Foundry (3 small sheets stuck together); sketch of plates for stop valves; sketch of part of pump [?] marked "Cast at the 'dale - this plan wrong"; note and sketch from William Middleton to William Creighton re hot water cisterns; sketch of pump rod. The reverse drawings and the drawings of the suction pipes and air vessel bear letter codes.
Also sections of "street wells or fountains", Aug. 1826; sketch map of the principal lines of pipes, Dec. 1826 showing existing engines at Dalmarnock; section of the land from the Clyde to the summit of Garnet Hill showing pipes, existing 5 engines etc. (this drawing incorporates a smaller section made in Sep. 1818); "Memorandums from Mr. Watt's letters etc. about the two new 54s for Glasgow Water Works", 17 Oct.-20 Dec. 1828; coloured sketch plans showing the proposed new and old engine houses, marked "Copy to Glasgow Water Works 17 Dec. 1828 with Mr. Watt's letter"; 2 diagrams showing height of suction pipe sent by J. O. Denny, 1 Jan. 1829 and corrected version 14 Jan. 1829; plan and section of the engine and boiler houses by A. Anderson, 14 May 1829; "Junction of the 20 inch and 36 inch mains with the air vessel showing the alteration of the mains to change the services", Sep. 1831; Memorandum - "Report upon the mode of effecting the change of Services of the Glasgow Water Works, 1 Oct. 1831".
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 830. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 180.
For the Glasgow Water Works. Pumping engines, Dalmarnock, Glasgow. These engines were erected in a house alongside the house containing engines nos. 4 & 5 [see Portfolio 5/1096]. Engines nos. 1 & 2, the 36 inch engines of 1807, were also on the Dalmarnock site [see Portfolio 5/1095]. |