| Description | Crank Engines. (3 items).
467. Samuel Greg & Co., Caton (OO). Apr. 1819. 3 items.
20 horse power 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 house. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 715. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 94.
For Samuel Greg & Co. of Manchester. Low Mill, Caton, near Lancaster, Lancashire. This mill was a cotton spinning mill, which Greg & Co. acquired an interest in in 1813 and bought outright in 1817. This and Greg & Co.'s Lancaster mill later became John Greg & Co.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8). |