| Description | 30 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 28 inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion. Power increased to 36 horses 1801.
Reverse general view of the engine and boilers, reverse plans and sections of the engine and boilers, coloured original plan of the cylinder and boiler tops; sheet of reverse plans for the engine and boiler houses, including one option with two fly wheels and one marked "adopted"; reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler house and chimney, showing framing, with cistern drawings on the same sheet, mis-dated as 1794; plan of the premises showing existing and intended buildings and adjoining premises (Mr. Marsland's); large plan of Owen Scarth & Co.'s premises. All the drawings except the premises plans bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 237. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 16.
For Robert Owen, Jonathan Scarth and Richard Percival Moulson. Cotton mill, Manchester. The concern was also known as the Chorlton Twist Co. The engine was initially shared between Owen Scarth & Co. and Samuel Marsland, with Marsland paying for half of it as Owen was short of capital. When Owen Scarth & Co. fully loaded the engine, Marsland ordered one of his own, in late 1797/early 1798.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
Published references: Tann, p. 20 - plan of Owen's and Marsland's premises. |