| Description | James Watt & Co. Drawings: Unused and Unidentified Engine Drawings. (50 items).
1370. Drawings of Mills, Factories etc. showing Proposed Engines. 1782, 1786-1788, 1790, 1801, 1807, 1812, 1839, 1844, not dated. 41 items.
Mr. Walker, Mill for Grinding and Polishing:
Elevation of wheels, pulleys etc. - partially coloured drawing [marked "Mr. Walker No. 1"].
Elevation of wheels, pulleys etc. [different design to the above] - partially coloured drawing, 16 May 1782 [marked "Mill for Grinding & Polishing No. 2, Mr. Walker"].
Plan of rolls etc. showing location of engine [marked "Mr. Walker Plan No. 1"].
Plan of the rolls, engine etc., 21 May 1782 [marked "Mr. Walker No. 2"].
Thomas Walker, Manchester:
Plan of the proposed engine house, shafts, wheels etc., with notes in Matthew Boulton's hand.
Section of the mill showing wheels, shafts, floors etc., with notes in Matthew Boulton's hand, 6 Jul. 1782.
Sketch section of the mill and proposed engine house with notes in Matthew Boulton's hand - pencil drawing [marked on the back "Sketch of house for Mr. Walker's cotton mill, Manchester"].
Key and notes to a drawing [now missing] by Matthew Boulton [with a rough sketch plan of the engine house and mill on the back].
James Bateman, Manchester:
Plan showing position of an engine, wheels, shaft and drum - partially coloured drawing, 10 Jul. 1782.
[For a cotton mill.]
"Paper Mill" - set of drawings by John Southern:
Plan of the ground floor, showing machinery and proposed engine [marked "The lever of this engine is too long"].
Plan of the upper floor showing top of engine and boiler, machinery etc.
Profile of the shafts, wheels, engine beam etc.
Plans and sections of the "engine chests" [paper making vats?] showing wheels, plates etc.
Sections of rolls, plates, bars, roll covers and the "engine chest" - partially coloured drawing [marked on the back "Paper Mill" and "No. 1"].
Draft [?] plan of shafts, wheels etc. - pencil drawing marked "Paper Mill J. Southern".
Note on the number of strokes per minute, speed of the shafts etc.
Plan and elevation of a wheat and flour mill showing stones, shafts [this drawing is also marked "Paper Mill" on the back].
Bennet's Mill, near Sheffield:
Sketch plan showing shafts and wheels, Aug. 1786.
Sheffield Grinding Mills:
Sketch plan showing engine, connecting wheels, gig shaft etc., Sep. 1787. [The date has been corrected from 1786, so this may the same mill as Bennet's above.]
?
Sketch elevation and plan showing water wheel, troughs and proposed location of engine and chimney, not dated.
? (Flour mill):
Rough sketch plan showing position of engine and connecting wheels and shafts, boiler, meal trough, sack hole etc., not dated. [This may be a rough sketch for an engine that was actually built.]
? (Brewery):
Plan showing engine, boiler, shafts, horse wheel etc., marked "Plate 1st" and "Horizontal Plan for engine mills & pump works for the ground & first floor as to the essential parts of the different machines," not dated.
Side view of shafts, wheels and pumping machinery, marked "Plate 2nd," not dated.
Sir Benjamin Truman:
Plan of "the present brewhouse with the situation of the proposed engine house", and "section of the roof over the present mash tun stage and the proposed engine house adapted to the present mash tuns when raised" - 2 drawings on 1 sheet, not dated [1788].
Brewery, Portsmouth:
Plan of a brewery at Portsmouth showing "engine for raising water lately erected by Mr. Smeaton" and "Proposed mill and engine" - coloured drawing, not dated.
Mr. Etherington, near Gainsborough:
Sketch section of mill, shafts etc. and proposed engine house, 16 Mar. 1790.
Dugald Bannatine, Glasgow:
Sketch plan and section of mill showing wheels, shafts etc. - partially coloured drawing [marked "from Mr. Bannatine with letter in Dec. 1790"].
? (corn mill):
Elevations and plan of the second floor - not titled or dated [1790s?].
Plans of the ground and first floors - not titled or dated [1790s?].
[These two drawings show a corn mill powered by two engines. However they do not appear to be for the Albion Mill.]
Thomas Barnes for ? (flour mill):
Section and plan of a flour mill showing engine and boiler house - press copy marked "for Mr. Barnes," not dated,
Mr. Monkton:
Sketch plan showing winnowing machine and connecting wheels and shafts, 10 Sep. 1801.
Jukes Coulson & Co., London:
Side views of bell crank engine and rolling mill machinery etc., marked "Messrs. Jukes Coulson & Co. 1807." [One of the views has a beam engine pencilled in.]
"Amended plan of foundations Messrs. Jukes Coulson & Co." - coloured drawing, 29 Dec. 1807" [marked "copied 1812"].
Plan showing two bell crank engines and rolling mill machinery etc., marked "Messrs. Jukes Coulson & Co. copy 1812."
Plan of a beam engine with a 48 inch cylinder, marked "Jukes Coulson" on the reverse, not dated.
Mr. Bagnall for ? (rolling mill and forge):
Plan of rolling mill etc., noting the intended location of the engine, marked "Copied from a drawing by Mr. Bagnall," not dated.
Harness for two tilt hammers, marked "drawn by Mr. Southern from information of Bagnall millwright," not dated.
Scoop Wheel Engine:
Sketch plan showing a bell crank engine in a barge connected to a scoop wheel in a separate boat, not dated.
Grange Leeson & Co., Dublin [1810s?]:
Plan showing "old mill", engine house, "ground for machinery" etc., with a independent engine and boiler pencilled in - partially coloured drawing.
Tatenhall Mill:
"A Plan of Tatenhall Mill etc.", showing pool, shafts, water wheel etc., with position of new engine pencilled in and marked "18 or 20 inch cylinder, 6 feet stroke", not dated.
Flour mill, 1827:
Elevation, section and plan of an engine and 3 boilers for a flour mill, showing columns, connecting wheels etc., 12 Feb. 1827.
[The engine is shown with an unusual arrangement of side levers and horizontal fly wheels.]
Granary and mill on the River Tagus:
Front elevation and plan of the granary and mills - partially coloured drawing, not dated.
Elevation and plan of the proposed mill house showing site of engines and boilers - coloured drawing, not dated.
Saw Mill with 25 Horse Engine:
Elevation and plan of saw mill powered by a 25 horse engine, not dated.
Elevation and plan of saw mill showing shafts etc. - pencil drawing, not dated.
Larger scale elevation of wheels, frame etc., not dated.
Larger scale front view of wheels, shafts, frames etc., not dated.
Front view of cranks, frames etc. [alternative design for the saw mill?].
Dredging Engine and Machinery:
Side view and plan of 10 horse bell crank engine and dredging machinery - copied from a drawing by Hunter & English, 25 Jan. 1839.
Joshua Bates & Co., Birmingham:
Sketch of a proposed rolling mill and forge, showing location of engine and boilers - tracing, 2 Mar. 1844.
The drawings in this portfolio show mills, machinery etc. with proposed Boulton & Watt engines. |