| Description | Crank Engines. (12 items).
310. Peter Marsland for H. H. Birley & Co., Manchester (PM). Jul., Aug. 1802, Jan., Dec. 1803, Feb. 1804, Aug. 1805, Mar. 1807. 12 items.
40 horse power crank engine, with 31½ inch cylinder, 7 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Also fire extinguishing apparatus, sizing apparatus.
Reverse general view of the engine and 3 boilers, plan of the engine and boilers, longitudinal section of boiler; longitudinal section of the engine house and cross-section of the boilers, plan of the engine and boiler houses, cross-sections of the engine house - reverse drawings (copies made in Nov. and Dec. 1827); parallel motion - reverse drawings (this was a standard drawing of parallel motion for 40 and 45 horse engines, with copies at the Foundry and Manufactory). All the drawings bear letter codes.
Also the following drawings of fire extinguishing apparatus, marked as being for Marsland & Birley: section and plan of the mill showing pipes, air vessels etc. sent by Gavin McMurdo, 10 Dec. 1803; reverse plan and section of the mill showing pipes, air vessels etc. drawn by Boulton Watt & Co.; reverse drawings of various extinguishing apparatus components for Peter Marsland, dated 17 Mar. 1807 (note that these may have been for a different mill).
Also reverse drawing of sizing apparatus for Peter Marsland, dated 13 Aug. 1805.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 463. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 90.
For H. H. Birley & Co., ordered by Peter Marsland. Cotton mill, Manchester. |