| Description | Crank Engines. (4 items).
447. Heathfields & Co., Sheffield, No. 2 (XX). Nov. 1813. 4 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; small sheet of sketches of shafts, pipes etc. and note on the spring and cross beams, sent to the Foundry 27 Nov. 1813. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 660. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 102.
For Heathfields & Co. Textile [?] mill, Sheffield. This engine was originally allocated to Lambeth Water Works in 1809, before being transferred to Heathfields & Co. in 1813. For their first engine see Portfolio 5/444.
See also: 4/93, 4/94 (Engine Order Books Nos. 7 & 8). |