| Description | 32 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 29 inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion. Also fire extinguishing apparatus, Mar. 1799.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boilers; coloured original and reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and framing; cistern - reverse drawing; parallel motion - coloured original drawing; working gear - coloured original and reverse front and side views marked ""28 32"; top of connecting rod - coloured original drawing. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Also plan and section of the mill showing extinguishing apparatus, dated 15 Mar. 1799.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 291. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 16.
For Samuel Marsland. Cotton mill, Manchester. Marsland's premises were next to Owen Scarth & Co.'s, and the two concerns originally shared an engine.
See also: Portfolio 5/124 (for plan of premises), Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence. |