| Description | Crank Engines. (20 items).
249. Sheriff Hill Colliery, No. 2. Oct. 1795-Jan. 1796, Mar., Jun. 1796. 20 items.
20 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 24 inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine showing brake wheel, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler showing brake wheel; reverse plan and sections of the framing and cistern, marked "This drawing is wrong for a 20 horse engine"; fly wheel, crank and connecting rod - reverse drawings; brake wheel, winding barrel and fly wheel - coloured reverse drawing marked "Should not be shaded", and copy made in 1827 [?]; small reverse cross-section of the boiler; working gear - coloured original front and side views; parallel motion - coloured original drawing; reverse drawings of pump beam; coloured original drawings of the top of the connecting rod. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 239. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 98.
For Sheriff Hill Colliery, Sheriff Hill, near Gateshead. Winding and pumping engine. The proprietors who signed the agreement were William Surtees and George Waldie of Newcastle upon Tyne and Jasper Harrison of Whickham.
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