Record

Ref NoMS 3147/5/171
TitleJohn Swindells, Salford (IS), 1798, 1799
LevelFile
DateNovember 1798 - January 1799
Description12 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 19ΒΌ inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.

Coloured original and reverse section of the engine, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boilers (one of the reverse drawings has been repaired with a strip cut from drawing AZM, a drawing of Markland Cookson & Co.'s boiler house from Aug. 1792); framing - reverse sections and plans showing well, cistern - reverse drawings (these drawings have been put on the back of drawings of working gear). All the drawings bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 312. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 12.

For John Swindells. Cotton mill, Salford, Lancashire. Sometimes mis-spelt as "Swinells".

See also: Engine Agreements.
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LanguageEnglish
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