Record

Ref NoMS 3147/5/141
TitleThe Birmingham Flour & Bread Co, 1796, 1797, 1800
LevelFile
Date1796-1800
Description16 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 21? inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion.

Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler; reverse drawings of the cistern and plan of the engine and boiler houses showing part of millwork; framing - reverse drawings; reverse plans and section of the boiler seating; nozzles [?] - two large scale drawings, one marked "No. 1316 B & Flour, Horrock"; elevations and plan of the mill, showing location of engine, grindstones, shafts etc., ground plan showing canal and neighbouring streets.

Also reverse plan and sections of boiler seating dated Feb. 1800, showing a second boiler. All the engine drawings bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 264. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 40.

For The Birmingham Flour & Bread Co. - the agreement is signed by Joseph Townshend, factor, Thomas Warner, goldsmith, Joseph Taylor, silversmith, Joseph Barber, artist and William Bingley, bucklemaker. Corn mill, Holt St., Aston, Birmingham.

See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
Extent18
FormatItems
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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