| Description | Crank Engines. (25 items).
449. Birley & Hornby, Manchester (D). Sep., Dec. 1813, Apr., May 1814, Feb. 1815, Apr., Jul., Dec. 1834, Jan. 1835, Apr. 1838. 25 items.
100 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 48 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Also gas lighting apparatus.
Reverse plan of the engine house and gasometer pits, longitudinal section of the engine house with governor added in, cross-section of the engine house through the condenser cistern, cross-section of the engine house near the crank with sections of retort and gasometer, plan of the engine foundations and 2 boilers, cross-section of 2 boilers and longitudinal section of 1 boiler; sheet with various press copy sketches stuck to it - eccentric circle, eccentric rod, crank pin, plate for end of eccentric shaft. The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Press copy sketch plan of the engine house, boilers, retorts, gasometers, dated 25 Sep. 1813; three detailed drawings sent by Henry Creighton, 2 Dec. 1813 - plan of the engine house, 4 boilers, gasometers, retorts; section of the engine house, mill and gasometer; longitudinal and cross-sections of the engine house; letter from Henry Creighton dated Manchester, 5 Dec. 1813, with sketch of the roof and columns proposed for the new building; press copy letter from William Creighton to Henry Creighton dated 28 Dec. 1813, with sketch of condenser and cistern etc.; drawing of the roof and various components of it, dated Feb. 1815.
Also the following later drawings: 100 and 110 horse nozzles - Apr. 1834 (copy by William Bennett of an Apr. 1812 drawing); "nozzles for 100 horse engine, 8 foot stroke made from 80 horse patterns altered" - coloured drawing, Jul. 1834;
section of upper and lower nozzles - coloured reverse drawing, sections and plans of slide valve nozzles - coloured original and coloured reverse drawings dated Dec. 1834; oval condenser - original and reverse drawings dated Jan. 1835; drawings of the connecting rod, plan and section of the cylinder cover, section of the cylinder, with letter by William Bennett dated 9 Apr. 1838.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 664. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 92.
For Birley & Hornby. Chorlton Mills, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester. The engine was initially planned as a 110 horse engine. The firm later became Birley & Kirk, and in 1828 they erected an 80 horse boat engine for land alongside this engine [see Portfolio 5/1040]. The firm later became Birley & Co.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8), Portfolios 5/816, 5/821b (Gas Lighting Apparatus). |