| Description | Boat-Mounted Pumping and Dredging Engines (10 items).
1277a. Kennet & Avon Canal, Boat Engine. Nov. 1795, Feb., May 1796. 10 items.
Single-acting engine, with 28 inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke, direct connection.
General section and plan of the engine and boiler and pump - original and reverse drawings; front view of the engine - reverse drawing; cylinder - reverse drawing; general section and plan of the engine and boiler and pump, cross-sections of the boiler and seating and front view of the engine - reverse drawings (smaller scale than the first general drawings; top of pump and guide for the rod - original and reverse drawings. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 243. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 134.
For the Kennet & Avon Canal Co. Pumping engine mounted in a boat, and referred to as a "boat engine". |