| Description | Crank Engines. (13 items).
303a. McConnel & Kennedy, Manchester (MK). Nov. 1801, Apr., Jun., Sep. 1802, 1827. 13 items.
45 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 33 1/3 inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Also fire extinguishing apparatus.
Reverse general view of the engine and boilers, reverse plan of the engine and 3 boilers; plan and section of the engine and 2 boilers - the section is dated Sep. 1802 and marked "Engine & boiler as executed"; reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and framing; plummer block pillar - reverse drawing; parallel motion for the hot and cold water pumps - reverse drawing marked "McConnel & Kennedy to have no hot water pump consequently no parallel motion will be required for it"; parallel motion for the cold water pump - reverse drawings. The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Also coloured sketch of feed apparatus "to serve several boilers same as at McConnel & Kennedy's per W. C. [William Creighton] 1827".
Also the following drawings of fire extinguishing apparatus: plan of the mill with pipes and cistern pencilled in; large section and plan with pipes and air vessels pencilled in. Neither drawing is dated or bears codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 447. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 90.
For McConnel & Kennedy. Cotton mill, Manchester. |