| Description | Water Works Engines (9 items).
1114. Southwark Water Works, London (YM). Aug., Nov. 1822, Jul. 1824, Jan. 1894. 9 items.
Double-acting crank engine, with 30¾ inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses, plan of the tunnel and pump beams, longitudinal and cross-sections of the engine house, longitudinal section of the engine and boiler houses, cross-section of the boiler house; cross-section of the engine house and view of the pumps etc. - coloured reverse drawing; double pump - partially shaded original and reverse drawings; sketch of pipes for connecting 36 horse boiler to old engine, Jul. 1824, with note by James Brown. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Also list of tracings made from these drawings and sent to Mr. Restler, Engineer to the Southwark & Vauxhall Water Works, 23 Jan. 1894 (in Henry Hazleton's hand).
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 751. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 180.
For Southwark Water Works. Pumping engine, Southwark, London. The pump was worked by a pump beam attached to the main beam.
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9).
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