| Description | 20 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 23¾ inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine and boilers, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boilers; coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler houses showing framing, connection to mill etc. - these drawings show the boilers turned side on to the engine, but the later plans show them placed end towards the engine, and one of the originals is marked "The engine house being built these drawings will be useful only so far as relates to the engine framing"; parallel motion - coloured original drawing; working gear - coloured original front and side views; fire place box and dead plate, small cross-section of boiler, cistern, damper plate and frame, grate bars, bearer bars (all reverse).
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 241. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 8.
For Benjamin Gowland of Chapeltown and Richard Clark of Leeds. Cotton mill, Leeds. According to the Catalogue of Old Engines the mill later became a worsted mill.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence. |