Record

Ref NoMS 3147/5/160
TitleGibson & Forbes, Northampton, Oct.-Nov. 1797, Mar. 1798
LevelFile
Date1787-1798
Description12 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 19ΒΌ inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.

Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine and boiler, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boilers; reverse plan and section of the engine and boiler houses and framing; framing and cistern - reverse drawings; elevation of the engine and boiler house and plan showing part of mill, workshop, yard etc., sent by Gibson & Forbes. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 290. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 42.

For Joseph M. Gibson and John Forbes. Cotton mill, Northampton. According to the Catalogue of Old Engines, the mill was occupied by Thomas Frost in 1803, and the engine was sold to the Grand Union Canal Co. circa 1812, to be erected at Husbands Bosworth in Leicestershire.

See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
Extent14
FormatItems
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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