| Description | Crank Engines. (3 items).
451. Jonathan Pollard, Manchester (SS). May 1814, Dec. 1847. 3 items.
53 horse power crank engine, with 36 inch cylinder, 7 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse side view of the engine, sections of the engine house, plan of the engine.
Also drawings of cylinder cover, gudgeons and connecting rod for "George Woolley & Son (Pollard's 53 horse engine)" by John Hopkinson of Wren & Bennett, dated 2 Dec. 1847. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 668. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 94.
For Jonathan Pollard. Cotton mill [?], Manchester. This was the second engine bought by Pollard - the first was a 32 horse sun and planet engine [see Boulton & Watt Portfolio 5/212]. By Dec. 1847 the engine was owned by George Woolley & Sons.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8). |