| Description | Sun and Planet Engines. (7 items).
244. Mona Mine, Anglesey. Jun. 1790. 7 items.
3 horse power sun & planet engine, with 10½ inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke, direct connection, A frame.
Reverse general view of the engine showing winding gear, reverse plan and front views of the engine showing round boiler and winding gear, side view of the winding barrel - all bear letter codes and some are marked "See small canal engines"; general view and plan of engine showing different design for winding gear (no dimensions or titles marked on - earlier version?); plan and section of the mine showing location of Parys Mine, whims, wind mill, reservoirs etc.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 122. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 50.
For Mona lead mine, Parys Mountain, Anglesey. Winding engine. This engine is almost indentical to the two pumping engines supplied to the Birmingham Canal Co. in 1789 [see Portfolios 5/567, 5/1275].
Published references: Dickinson & Jenkins p. 169, Fig. 19 - general view of the engine. |