| Description | Crank Engines. (4 items).
481. James Kennedy, Manchester (VO). Feb. 1823, Jun. 1835. 4 items.
30 horse power crank engine, with 29 inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Reverse plan and sections of the engine house, plan of the tunnel. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Also section of column platform dated 9 Jun. 1835.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 758. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 94.
For James Kennedy. Cotton [?] mill, Manchester. This 30 horse engine was a "shortened" version of the 32 horse power engine, for example see A. & E. Austin's, Portfolio 5/480 above. The concern later became James Kennedy & Co. A new mill was later built alongside this one circa 1844, powered by two 25 horse independent engines [see Portfolio 5/842]. |