| Description | Crank Engines. (7 items).
312. Daintry Ryle & Co., Macclesfield (DR). Jun., Jul., 1802, Jun. 1803. 7 items.
40 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 31½ inch cylinder, 7 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse general section of the engine, reverse plan of the engine and 3 boilers; reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and framing and boiler seating; sketch plan and elevations of the engine house and notes on the engine parts by William Creighton, dated 28 Jun. 1802. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 464. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 104.
For Daintry Ryle & Co. Cotton mill, Macclesfield. The Catalogue of Old Engines calls the firm "Daintry Royle & Co." Drawings of the steam apparatus bought in 1805 [see Portfolio 5/363] calls the firm Daintry Ryle & Daintry. Soon after, the firm became T. S. Daintry & Co., then Wood Daintry & Wood. |