| Description | 6 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 14 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes reverse general view of the engine, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine, boiler, engine and boiler houses, engine framing, pit framing and winding barrel and spiral; winding spiral and barrel - original and reverse side views and vertical view of arms and upper rim which are marked "By mistake the drawing of the spiral & barrel on the other side is drawn wrong - as being wrong end upwards…", reverse vertical view of the spiral; parallel motion - coloured original and reverse copy; working gear - original coloured and reverse plans and front and side views, the reverse front and side views being marked "from Ecton" and "6 horse Ecton nozzles"; injection gear - coloured original and reverse plan and side views; wheels and bevel nuts; plan of the condenser, drawn on the reverse of an engine plan which went wrong, the draughtsman (John Southern?) having written "Damned Hell" on it.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 105. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 48.
For John Christian of Workington Hall, Cumberland. Colliery winding engine, Hope Pit, Workington.
See also: Engine Agreements
Published references: Dickinson & Jenkins, p. 251-252, plates XCIII, XCIV - original coloured front view of engine showing pit framing and winding spiral, side view of winding spiral. |