| Description | Crank Engines. (3 items).
463. Benjamin & William Sandford, Manchester (YY). Aug. 1818. 3 items.
24 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 26ΒΌ inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and boilers; letter from Alexander Wood dated Manchester, 6 Aug. 1818, with plan of the engine house and boilers, section of the engine house. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 708. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 94.
For Benjamin and William Sandford. Cotton mill, Manchester. This engine replaced the firm's old 10 horse power sun and planet engine [see Portfolio 5/132].
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9). |