| Description | 6 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 14 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, plans and sections of the engine and boiler, showing winding gin; coloured original and reverse plan and sections of the engine house, framing, cistern and winding gin; coloured original and reverse plan and section of the gin barrel; components of the parallel motion - original and reverse drawings; manhole pipe, grate bars, damper plate and frame, fire box - reverse drawings; parallel motion - coloured original and reverse drawings dated 11 Jun. 1793 and 15 Aug. 1793, marked on the back "BXR Mr. Edward Leech 15 Jun. 1794, BZQ Yallop Grace & Johnson (8 horse) 15 Nov. 1794, CHA Charles Lees & Co. 6 horse 13 Aug. 1795"; working gear - coloured original front and side views. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 205. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 106.
For John Sparrow & Co., the proprietors of Cockshead Colliery, Norton-in-the-Moors, Staffordshire. Winding engine. This was the second engine for Cockshead Colliery, the first being a pumping engine with a 48½ inch cylinder in 1792 [see Portfolio 5/566].
See also: Incoming Correspondence.
Published references: Dickinson & Jenkins, p. 169-70, 213, 219, plate XXXVIII - general and front views of the engine. |