| Description | Crank Engines. (11 items).
276. Charles Lees & Co., Stockport (CL). Jan., May 1800. 11 items.
20 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 23¾ inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, reverse plans and coloured original and reverse sections of the engine and boilers; reverse plan and sections of the framing and cistern, with later alterations stuck on. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 364. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 104.
For Charles Lees & Co. Cotton mill, Stockport. This was the second engine for Lees & Co., the first being an 8 horse power sun & planet engine in 1795 [see Portfolio 5/121]. |