| Description | Cornish Mine Engines (7 items).
1321. Dolcoath. May, Jun. 1780. 7 items.
Single-acting engine, with 63 inch cylinder, 9 foot stroke, chain connection.
General view of the engine, outside front view of the engine and part of the round boiler, inside front view of the engine and cross-section of the boiler - reverse drawings; plan of the engine and boiler; section of the engine house; eduction pipe - reverse drawing; parts of valves [?] - untitled drawing, with part from Wheal Chance engine on the same sheet.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 20. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 302.
For Dolcoath Mine. According to the List of Engines made at Soho, the engine was stopped in Apr. 1789 and moved to Wheal Gons, where it began work in May 1789. It was still at work there in May 1798. |