| Title | Hudson’s Bay Co. Steamer Beaver, 1834, 1836, 1839—1841, 1843, 1846, 1855, 1856, 1859, 1866 |
| Description | Steam Boat Engines (28 items).
1215. Hudson's Bay Co. Steamer Beaver (NJ & NK). Oct., Nov. 1834, Nov. 1836, May, Aug., Dec. 1839, Oct. 1840, Jun. 1841, Feb. 1843, Jun., Jul. 1846, Sep. 1855, Jan. 1856, Mar. 1859, May 1866. 28 items.
Two 35 horse power side lever boat engines, with 35½ inch cylinders, 3 foot strokes.
Cross-section of the boat and engines, plan of the deck beams and longitudinal section of the engine room and boiler, side view of the gangway wale, plan of the engine room and boiler etc. - reverse drawings made in the London office; section and plan of the boiler - partially coloured direct copy and reverse drawings (also used for the Beacon; the direct copy is stuck onto a sheet alongside a longitudinal section of the boiler); longitudinal section of the boiler - partially coloured drawing (also used for the Beacon); paddle wheel, engine and paddle shafts, cranks and plummer blocks - coloured original and coloured reverse drawings. The boiler and paddle wheel drawings bear letter codes.
Also the following later items: letter from William Smith, Secretary, Hudson's Bay Co. dated 15 May 1839, docketed "Ask our price for boiler plates to make two boilers same as that of the Beaver"; letter from William Smith dated 27 Aug. 1839, docketed "Ask if we have procured a man for the Beaver"; letter from William Smith dated 20 Dec. 1839, docketed "Order safety discharge valves for the Beaver"; sections and plan of boiler by Maudslay for 2 31 horse engines - partially coloured drawing made in the London office, Oct. 1840; transcript of letter and sketch from William Smith dated 9 Jun. 1841, docketed "Want estimate of a new boiler & apparatus for the Beaver & the time for completing it - enclose a sketch of the boiler and remarks on it for our guidance"; letter from William Smith dated 23 Jun. 1841, docketed "Order a new boiler for the Beaver"; transcript of letter from Joseph Carless to James Brown, dated Steamer Beaver, N. W. Coast America, 18 Feb. 1843, docketed "The Beaver's boilers have arrived - they are much damaged - has had difficulty in keeping up the fires etc. - does not approve of our present construction of fireplaces - state of his engines"; plan and sections of boiler for 2 38 horse engines - 2 partially coloured reverse drawings made in the London office, Jun. & Jul. 1846; sections of boiler, pipes etc., with list of articles wanted - original and direct copy, Sep. 1855; memorandum of "Size, weight & number of packages for the Beaver", Jan. 1856; drawing of slide valve and back plates by James Thorne, engineer, Mar. 1859; sections of tubular boiler - coloured tracing, partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; sections and plan of the boat and engine room showing tubular boiler in situ - coloured original and coloured reverse drawings, May 1866; sketch of air pump [?] rod. Most of these drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 885. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 320.
For the Hudson's Bay Co. The boat was built by Green & Wigram at Blackwall. |