| Description | Crank Engines. (13 items).
338. Benyons, Benyons & Bage, Shrewsbury (G). Jun. 1803, Apr. 1804. 13 items.
20 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 23¾ inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Coloured original and reverse general view and plan of the engine and boilers; reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and framing, longitudinal section of boiler; working gear - coloured original front and side views; parallel motion - coloured original drawing; letter from Benyons Benyons & Bage dated Shrewsbury, 9 Jun. 1803, with sketch plan and elevation of the engine house and boilers and mill; press copy sketch plan of the engine house and boilers; original portfolio cover, with press copy sketch of the engine and boiler houses mounted inside. All the drawings except the loose press copy sketch bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 497. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 108.
For Benyons Benyons & Bage. Flax mill, Shrewsbury. This was the second engine that Benyons Benyons & Bage purchased for their Shrewsbury flax mill, the first being a 20 horse sun and planet engine in 1796 [see Portfolio 5/136]. |