| Description | Boat-Mounted Pumping and Dredging Engines (5 items).
1274. Birmingham Canal Co., Scoop Wheel Engine (ZW). 1806, Jan., May 1807, Jul. 1809. 5 items.
6 horse power bell crank engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 2 foot stroke.
Plan and sections of the "Scoop Wheel Boat"; section of the boiler for the "Floating engine"; segment of bevil wheel etc.; transcript of notes from Mr. Hood, docketed "Some particulars of their wants relating to emptying their canal" (dated 9 May 1805, docketed as 1806); side view and plan of the engine and boiler and cross-section of the boiler.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 614. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 136.
For the Birmingham Canal Co. The engine was mounted in a 70 foot "scoop wheel" boat. The wheel appears to have been for removing water from the canal. |