| Description | Steam Boat Engines (9 items).
1142. Holyhead Packet Harlequin (PN & PO). May, Aug. 1824, Aug., Sep., Dec. 1830. 9 items.
Two 50 horse power side lever boat engines, with 39½ inch cylinders, 3½ foot strokes. Boat re-named Sprightly 1837.
Sketch section and plan of boiler, May 1824; sketches of headstock frame and plan and sections of boiler sent by James Brown, 4 Aug. 1824; pencil sketches of Maudslay's boiler and headstocks.
Sketch plan of cylinders and beams, and section of boat by William Bennett, Aug. 1830; sketch section showing pipes by James Brown, Sep. 1830; paddle wheel and shaft - original and coloured reverse drawing, Dec. 1830; original portfolio cover, with note about tube for Burnt Fen Drainage stuck inside.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 839. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 318.
For H. M. Post Office, Holyhead station. Harlequin was built by Wigram & Green of Blackwall, and originally worked from the Milford station. Boulton Watt & Co.'s engines, fitted in 1830, replaced the original engines made by Maudslay Sons & Field. She was re-named Sprightly in 1837 when the Navy took over the Post Office packet fleet.
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