| Description | 16 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 21? inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion. Iron beam added 1803.
Reverse general view of the engine and boiler, reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler; framing - reverse drawings for Samuel King, dated Nov. 1798, and reverse drawings for Holland showing the well. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 317. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 14.
For Thomas Holland & Co. Cotton mill, Manchester. According to Engine Order Book No. 1 and John Southern's List of Books, this order was originally for a 12 horse power engine for Samuel King of Salford. The order appears to have changed circa Dec. 1798.
See also: Engine Agreements. |