| Description | Water Works Engines (12 items).
1107b. Hull Water Works. Aug. 1843. 12 items.
Tender for two engines with 52 inch cylinders, 8 foot strokes. Engines not built by Boulton Watt & Co.
Printed specification of the contract by Thomas Wicksteed, Old Ford, 16 Aug. 1853 (15 pages, booklet sent to James Brown); transcript of the specification, with press copy.
Tracings sent with the specification: 1 - plan of the engines and boilers; [nos. 2-4 wanting]; 5 - details of pumps; [nos. 6-7 wanting]; 8 - stand pipe and foundation plate; 9 - details of sluices to culverts; 10 - balance gates showing floats and working gearing etc.; 11 - sluice gates; 12 - proving machinery.
"Plan No. 1 - Memoranda for Engines & Boilers & their houses" - pencil notes etc. giving weight, dimensions etc. of engines with 52 inch cylinders and 10 foot strokes; calculations, estimates and abstracts of costs (includes some calculations based on engines for Glasgow Water Works) - 4 sheets.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 953.
For the Corporation of Hull. Tender for engines for proposed water works, Hull, Yorkshire. Boulton Watt & Co. were invited to tender by the engineer, Thomas Wicksteed.
See also: Incoming Correspondence (from Thomas Wicksteed).
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