| Description | 8 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion. New boiler added 1790.
Includes coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine showing architectural features of engine and boiler houses, connection to mill etc., coloured original and reverse external elevations of the engine and boiler houses; boiler - coloured original and reverse plans and sections, small reverse section marked "From Moorhouse"; framing - coloured reverse copy; parallel motion - coloured original and reverse copy marked "From Howard & Houghton"; working gear - coloured original plans and front and side views, and coloured reverse copies marked "From Howard & Houghton"; fly wheel, cold water pump, cistern (coloured reverse copy), bevel wheel and pinion; rough sketches of shafts etc.; rough sketch plans and elevations of the engine and boiler houses, mill?
Also reverse plan and sections of new boiler, 3 Aug. 1790 (Drawing SI); reverse plan and sections of boiler, 14 Apr. 1801 (Drawing GEP); sketch for one of the previous 2 drawings.
Also 4 items from the re-erection for James Douglas: reverse plans and sections of the engine, boiler and engine house showing connection to mill, 9 Aug. 1804; two rough sketch plans and elevations of engine house and mill (undated but presumed to be of Douglas' premises).
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 94. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 38, 52.
For John James. Cotton mill, Nottingham. The foundations upon which the engine rested were approximately 24 feet below ground level. The engine was sold to James Douglas of Loughborough in 1804.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence. |