| Description | Crank Engines. (5 items).
350. Watson Ainsworth & Co., Preston (QQ). May, Aug. 1804. 5 items.
45 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 33 1/3 inch cylinder, 7 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, plan of the engine and boiler; reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses, framing, longitudinal section of the boiler. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 515. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 92.
For Watson Ainsworth & Co. Cotton mill, Preston. The List of Engines made at Soho says that this engine was bought by Ainsworth & Catterall after Watson went bankrupt in 1807. |