| Description | 4 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 11½ inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes reverse general view of the engine, reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler showing connections to the mill; framing - reverse drawings; boiler - reverse plans and sections; parallel motion - reverse drawing dated 7 Nov. 1789, marked "Sent to Soho" (drawings BQN for Alexander Green & Co. and CAM for John Taylor & Co. appear to have been based on this drawing in Feb. 1795), reverse drawing dated 24 Nov. 1789, marked "the spring beams were drawn in the Drawing sent to London", reverse drawings of motion components; fly wheel, cistern and grate bars - reverse drawing; working gear - reverse front and side view dated 9 Nov. 1789, reverse coloured front and side view dated 24 Nov. 1789 (drawing BQS for Alexander Green & Co. appears to have been based on this drawing); rotative shaft, wheels, damper plate, fireplace box etc.; rough ground plan showing horse wheel marked "By Mr. Smith, 25 Sep. 1789" and "The ingine to be erected at Cunyer in Kent betwixt Milton & Faversham". All the engine drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 125. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 48.
For William Couldery and William Banister of Walthamstow. Oil mill. Despite the marking on the ground plan, it appears that the engine was erected at Walthamstow. It was sold to Best & Co., brewers, of Chatham in 1799. |