| Description | Crank Engines. (9 items).
488. The Oxford Road Twist Co., Manchester (UV). Apr.-Jun. 1824. 9 items.
80 horse power crank engine, with 44 inch cylinder, 7 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Reverse plan and sections of 2 boilers, plan and sections of the engine house, plan of the tunnel (the plan marks the position of the "boiler of the 45 horse engine"); sketch plan showing old and new mills, engine house and old and new boilers sent by Alexander Wood; sketch plan and section of the engine and engine house; plan showing engine house, "old 40 horse engine", present and new boiler houses sent by Alexander Wood, 23 Apr. 1824; plan and section of the 2 boiler houses, Jun. 1824. The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 776. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 94.
For the Oxford Road Twist Co. Cotton mill, Oxford Road, Manchester. The Oxford Road Twist Co. bought the Oxford Road mill from Peter Marsland in 1818.
See also: Portfolio 5/463 (letter from Alexander Wood dated Manchester, 6 Aug. 1818). |