| Description | Boat-Mounted Pumping and Dredging Engines (1 item).
1277b. Kennet & Avon Canal (ZAW). Aug. 1814. 1 item.
6 horse power independent crank engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 2 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Side view of the engine and longitudinal section of the boiler and plan of the engine and boiler - reverse drawing. This drawing bears a letter code.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 689. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 138.
For the Kennet & Avon Canal Co. The engine was mounted in a boat and used for pumping mud. The engine was originally made for Henry Darley of Stillorgan, near Dublin.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8). |