| Description | 32 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 29 inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron connecting rod.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine (the reverse copy is marked "This engine is drawn for a 36 horse but is only 32"), coloured original and reverse plan of the engine and boilers, view of the cold water pump air vessel, longitudinal section of boiler; reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses, framing and cistern marked "Redrawn Oct. 1827"; reverse plan and section of the cold water pump air vessel; sketch plan of the premises showing location of engine. All the drawings except the sketch of the premises bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 408. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 16.
For Stephen Shallcross of Ayton St., Manchester. Cotton mill, Portland St., Manchester. Shallcross originally ordered a 30 horse engine, but later changed it to one for a 32 horse. According to the List of Engines made at Soho, the engine was damaged by fire in 1802, but re-erected "with modern improvements" by J. Olivant & Co. in 1805. In Mar. 1813 it passed to T. Steele. |