| Description | Boat-Mounted Pumping and Dredging Engines (1 item). 1279c. Liverpool Docks, "Mud Engine" (FH). Sep. 1817. 1 item. 10 horse power independent crank engine, with 19¾ inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod. Section and plan of part of the boat, showing engine and boilers and timbers - partially coloured drawing marked "Received by Mr. Murdock from Mr. Rennie". Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 702. For Liverpool Docks. The engine was mounted in a boat and worked dredging machinery. It was omitted from the Catalogue of Old Engines. See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9). |