| Description | Water Works Engines (7 items). 1113. Dublin Water Works, Ireland (LL). Jul. 1804. 7 items. 20 horse power crank engine, with 23¾ inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod. Reverse cross-section of the engine house showing great air vessel etc., plan of the engine house and boilers, cross-section of the engine house, longitudinal section of the engine house, cross-section of the engine house and boilers, longitudinal section of boiler; coloured original and reverse side view of the engine, plan of the engine and boilers; working gear - coloured original front and side view; rough pencil plan showing the River Liffy etc. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes. Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 519. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 178. For the Dublin Water Works. Pumping engine, Dublin, Ireland. The engine was sold to Jamieson & Co. in 1808 and erected at their distillery in Dublin.
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