| Description | Other Machinery made by Boulton & Watt (4 items).
1440a. Furnaces for Lord Penrhyn, Saltcoats. May 1799. 4 items.
Sketch section and plan of the salt pans at Saltcoats - marked in pencil "W.C." [William Creighton].
Memorandum "Description of the furnaces proposed for the Right Honourable Lord Penrhyn's salt pans" - in James Watt's hand, referring to the drawing below.
Sections and plan of the furnaces - reverse drawing marked "from sketches etc. by Mr. Watt", 25 May 1799.
Section and plan of furnaces - smaller scale drawing, not marked or dated.
For Lord Penrhyn, Grosvenor Square, London. The furnaces were used for heating salt pans at Saltcoats, Ayrshire. |