| Description | Crank Engines. (9 items).
298. The Regulator Mill Co., Halifax (RM). Jun.-Aug., Oct. 1801. 9 items.
32 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 29 inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse general view of the engine and boilers, reverse plan of the engine and boilers, longitudinal section of boiler; reverse drawings of the cistern, reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and framing; spur wheel - reverse drawings; letter from Thomas Livesey dated Werneth Colliery, 30 Jun. 1801, with plan of the mill, engine and boiler houses, and plan of millwork, showing connection to grindstones (both drawings have remarks by Livesey on them). All the drawings except the last 2 items bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 432. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 102.
For the Regulator Mill Co. Corn mill, Halifax. The Catalogue of Old Engines calls the firm Lodge & Co. - this was possibly T. & H. Lodge, who owned a cotton mill equipped with two Boulton & Watt engines. |