| Description | Crank Engines. (6 items).
499. Deptford Corn Mill (TY & TZ). Aug. 1826. 6 items.
Two 40 horse power double-acting crank engines, with 32½ inch cylinders, 6 foot strokes, parallel motions, [cast iron beams, cast iron connecting rods].
Reverse plan of the engine houses and boiler house; sections of 1 engine house; section showing 1 engine house through the crank platform, the boiler house and boilers, and the 2nd engine house through the cold water cistern; section of a boiler; plan of the tunnel; partially coloured plan and section of the mill showing floors, columns, shafts, grindstones, engines, boilers etc. marked "reduced from Mr. Rennie's drawing Aug. 1826". All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 816. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 114.
For the Victualling Office, H. M. Navy. Corn mill, Deptford. The engines were ordered by George and John Rennie.
See also: Incoming Correspondence (from the Rennies).
Published references: Tann, p. 66 - plan and section of the mill. |