| Description | Crank Engines. (9 items).
431. Cooper Matchett & Co., Woodeaves (V). Aug. 1810, Mar., Apr. 1811. 9 items.
20 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 23¾ inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and boilers showing mill dam, Aug. 1810; plan of the engine house, engine and water wheel taken by Mr. Cooper on his visit to Soho on 26 Nov. 1810 and returned 26 Mar. 1811; reverse plan and section of the engine house, Apr. 1811 - the section has been crossed out, and is on the reverse of coloured reverse elevations of the York Buildings Water Works engine house. All these drawings bear letter codes.
Also sketch plan and section of the engine, boilers and water wheel showing mill dam; sheet with sketch of pillar and cylinder and various notes on the engine.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 632. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 106.
For Cooper Matchett & Co. Cotton mill, Woodeaves, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
See also: 4/93 (Engine Order Book No. 7). |