| Description | Crank Engines. (4 items).
457. Houldsworth & Hussey, Glasgow, No. 2 (M). Mar. 1815. 4 items.
36 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 30¾ inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse plan and sections of the engine house, back view of the cylinder platform, section through the cistern, plan of the tunnel; rough sketch plan of the engine and 3 boilers (this is on the back of crossed out coloured original drawing BPA, front view of the engine house for Sir Nigel Gresley, 1793). All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 678. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 76.
For W. Houldsworth and William Hussey [?]. Cotton mill, Glasgow. See Portfolio 5/351 for their first engine.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8). |