| Description | Crank Engines. (7 items).
258. Ramsbottom & Baverstock, Windsor. Aug. 1796, Jul., Aug. 1797. 7 items.
4 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 12? inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, reverse plan, front view and edge views of the engine and round boiler (4 drawings on 1 sheet); working gear - coloured original front and side view; coloured original and reverse cross-section of the boiler; plan of the premises showing horse wheel, tun, copper, stables and yards etc. dated 11 Aug. 1796; small press copy plan of engine, boiler, horse wheel and mash tun dated 24 Jul. 1797. All the drawings except the last 2 items bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 275. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 112.
For John and Richard Ramsbottom and James Baverstock. Brewery, Windsor. The firm was also referred to as Ramsbottom & Co. The firm replaced this engine with a 14 horse independent engine in 1830 [see Portfolio 5/1023].
See also: Incoming Correspondence. |