| Description | Crank Engines. (7 items).
351. William Hussey & Co., Glasgow (RR). Apr., Jun., Aug., Oct. 1804, May 1830. 7 items.
14 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 20¾ 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; reverse plan and sections of the engine house, boiler and framing; sketch plan and sections of the engine, engine house, boiler and part of mill, with notes dated Glasgow, 28 Apr. 1804 (notes and sketches by William Creighton?); letter from William Creighton dated Glasgow, 2 Aug. 1804, with plan and section of the engine house as built. All the drawings except the last 3 items bear letter codes.
Also drawing of nozzles and valves, 18 May 1830.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 516. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 74.
For William Hussey & Co. Cotton mill, Glasgow. By the time the general drawings were done, in Oct. 1804, the firm had become Houldsworth & Hussey, and was Hussey & Son by May 1830. See Portfolio 5/457 for their second engine. |