| Description | 12 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 19? inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Reverse general view of the engine, reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler, showing connection to millwork and grindstones (some of the drawings were copied for John Rennie in Aug. 1803); framing and cistern - coloured reverse drawings; reverse section and plan of the engine and boiler houses showing framing, part of mill, connection to millwork and grindstones; rough ground plan of the premises showing engine and boiler houses, quay, reservoir etc.; two plans of the millwork and grindstones. All the drawings except the last 3 items bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 255. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 6, 148.
For Joseph Robinson Pease and company. Oil mill, Sculcoates, Kingston-upon-Hull. The firm later became Pease Wray & Trigg. The engine was replaced in 1803 by a 24 horse power crank engine [see Portfolio 5/323], and was purchased for the East India Dock Co. by John Rennie. It was sold to McMurdo & Hick of Old Ford in 1810.
See also: Portfolio 5/655, Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence (including letters from John Rennie). |