| Description | Crank Engines. (8 items).
475. Thomas Houldsworth, Manchester (VA). May 1819, Jul., Aug., Oct. 1822. 8 items.
40 horse power crank engine, with 32½ inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Also fire extinguishing apparatus, 1819.
Reverse plan and sections of the engine house and boiler, plan of the tunnel; reverse plan and sections of 3 boilers; letter from James Fairweather dated Manchester, 31 Oct. 1822, with plan and section of 2 boilers and steam pipes. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Also sketch of air vessel, pipe for extinguishing apparatus, sent to Soho 4 May 1819, marked "If not used for Houldsworth's, will be taken for CC36 extinguishing pump" - Thomas Orrell [see Portfolio 5/466].
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 748. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 94.
For Thomas Houldsworth. Textile mill, Manchester. Houldsworth bought a 20 horse boat engine to assist this engine in 1825 [see Portfolio 5/1065]. In 1847 he bought a 25 horse boat engine, coded NH, to further assist this engine [Boulton & Watt, 4/98 (Engine Order Book 12)]. |