| Description | Crank Engines. (5 items).
332. Sir John Hope, Cairnie Pit, Inveresk (A). Feb., Apr., Jul. 1803. 5 items.
8 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse general view of the engine, plan of the engine and boiler showing winding barrel; press copy sketch plan of the engine house and boiler, showing winding planes; reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and framing, showing winding barrel. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 488. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 74.
For Sir John Hope, Bart. Colliery winding engine, Inveresk, near Edinburgh. The engine was ordered by Hope's agent, John Grieve. This engine was moved to Midfield in Jan. 1806 and was replaced at Cairnie by two 6 horse bell crank engines [see letter from Grieve in Portfolio 5/760]. |