| Description | Steam Boat Engines (9 items).
1266. Moerdyck Ferry Boat (HA). Nov., Dec. 1821, Aug. 1827. 9 items.
16 horse power side lever boat engine, with 23½ inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke.
Cross-section of the boat and engine and coal boxes and plan of the engine room, longitudinal section of the engine room and boiler and plan of the deck beams - reverse drawings made in the London office; sections and plans of the boiler - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; 10 foot paddle wheels and shaft - coloured reverse drawing; small sketch plan of the boiler; press copy sketch of headstock frame.
Also the following later items: side view of the engine and section of the boiler and plan of the engine and boiler - coloured original and reverse drawings, Aug. 1827.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 736. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 314.
For Moerdyck, Holland. Ordered by Mr. Roentgen. The drawings were kept in the same book as those for Swiftsure [see Portfolio 5/1265].
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9). |