| Description | Cornish Mine Engines (3 items).
1308. Retallack. Apr. 1786. 3 items.
Single-acting engine, with 40 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, chain connection. Engine formerly belonged to Hallamanin.
General section and plan of the engine - reverse drawing, with note about the cylinder platform; outside view of the engine house.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 75. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 300.
For Retallack Mine. Retallack bought this engine from Hallamanin Mine, and set it to work in Aug. 1787. According to the List of Engines made at Soho, it was stopped in Dec. of the same year, and was later sold Wheal Treasury, where it worked from Jul. 1790 to Dec. 1793, was stopped, and was set to work again between Jul. 1795 and Dec. 1798. Henry Hazleton lists the engine twice on p. 300 of the Catalogue of Old Engines.
See also: Portfolio 5/1316. |