| Description | Sun and Planet Engines. (5 items).
243b. Thomas Allingham, Rotherhithe. Feb. 1785. 5 items.
Double-acting sun & planet engine, with 17 inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion. Engine not built in this form.
Includes reverse general view showing connection to tilt hammer and some features of the engine house, plan, inside front view, outside front view showing chimney and connection to tilt hammer, fly wheel. All these drawings except the fly wheel are reverse copies and were found pinned together.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. ? Catalogue of Old Engines p. 18.
For Thomas Allingham, Rotherhithe. Forge engine, Union Foundry, Rotherhithe [?]. Drawings prepared for an engine planned for Thomas Allingham's original premises, the Union Foundry. Dickinson & Jenkins say that in 1785 "forge engines were being put up in the London area, one at the Union Ironworks, and another at the King and Queen Ironworks, both in Rotherhithe." [p. 249]. However, the engine intended for the Union Ironworks, presumably this one, actually evolved into the one erected at the King & Queen Foundry. In Mar. 1785 Allingham moved to the King & Queen Foundry, and the engine was increased and altered to a 26 inch cylinder. In its altered form it was operated by Folliot Scott & Co.
See also: Portfolio 5/13, Incoming Correspondence. |