| Description | Boat-Mounted Pumping and Dredging Engines (14 items).
1276a. Gloucester & Berkeley Canal Co., "Boat Engine". Mar., Apr., Jul., Oct. 1794. 14 items.
Single-acting engine, with 23 inch cylinder, 2 foot stroke, direct connection.
General section and plan of the engine and boiler and pump - reverse drawings; front view of the engine and cross-section of the boiler - coloured original and reverse drawings; general section of the engine and boiler, plan of the engine and boiler, front view of the engine, cross-section of the boiler - reverse drawings (4 drawings on 2 sheets, larger scale than the first general drawings); sections of the boiler - reverse drawing; working gear - front and side views (also used for the Birmingham Canal Co. boat engine [Portfolio 5/1275b]); general section and plan of the engine and boiler and pump showing outline of the boat hull and space for coals - reverse drawing; front view of the engine and cross-section of the boiler showing outline of the boat hull - reverse drawing; section and plan of the pump and air vessel - partially shaded original and reverse drawings; different views of the boiler and seating - reverse drawing; rough pencil sketch of valve [?]. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 214. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 134.
For the Gloucester & Berkeley Canal Co. Pumping engine mounted in a boat, and referred to as a "boat engine". According to a note on one of the drawings, the engine was still in service in 1812. |