| Description | Crank Engines. (8 items).
486. New Union Mill Co., Birmingham (UO). Mar. 1824, Jan., Aug. 1873. 8 items.
24 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 26 inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Reverse sections of the engine house, plan of the tunnel, plan of the engine house and round and oblong boilers with position of cylinder of 20 horse engine marked, sections of the boiler; section of new and round boilers and steam pipes (this drawing is on the back of coloured plans of the Bombay Mint 10 and 40 horse engine tunnels); press copy sketch of part of pulley with note by Gilbert Hamilton. All the drawings except the last 2 items bear letter codes.
Also drawings for new boilers, 1873: plan of the existing boiler house; pencil plan of the proposed new boiler house; damper gear - coloured copy drawings.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 773. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 108.
For the New Union Mill Co. Flour mill, Birmingham. |