| Description | Crank Engines. (3 items).
362. J. Bury, Manchester (OO). May 1804, Apr., Jul. 1805. 3 items.
20 horse power crank engine, with 23¾ inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Reverse cross-section of the boilers and engine house, longitudinal section of boiler, marked "Not used"; reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses and section of engine house with press copy sketch plan of the engine and boilers stuck on, sections of the engine house and boiler, drawings of the cistern. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 533. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 92.
For Mr. Whitaker, ordered by J. Bury. Cotton mill, Manchester. This J. Bury may be Jeremiah Bury of Stockport. According to the List of Engines made at Soho, the concern became McNaught & Drew in 1807, and James Duckworth & Co. in Apr. 1814. |