| Description | Crank Engines. (10 items).
369. Stevenson & Houston, Springfield, Ireland (X). Aug.-Oct. 1805, May 1806. 10 items.
32 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 29 inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and boilers dated Aug. 1805 (the plan shows the shaft connecting to the mill); reverse plan and sections of the engine house and boilers marked "Sketches No. 2", dated Sep. 1805; press copy sketch plan of the engine house, mill and shafts and small elevation showing water wheel; clutches - reverse drawing and sketches of parts; coloured drawing of method of attaching shaft ends to beams [?]; plan of engine and boiler houses and part of mill; coloured plan of the mill, engine and boiler houses, with small partial section showing the floors of the mill and drawings of shafts and clutches. The engine house drawings and the reverse drawing of the clutches bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 543. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 78.
For Stevenson & Houston. Cotton mill, Springfield, near Belfast. |