| Description | 10 horse power single-acting sun & planet engine, with 24 inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes reverse plans and sections of the engine, boiler and engine house, showing architectural features such as windows, doors, stairs and cupola; initial sketch sections from Oct. 1785, one of which is marked "See Whitbread"; connection to the large horizontal wheel of the brewery; working gear including coloured front and side views, nozzles; parallel motion, marked "Gudgeon, plummer blocks etc. same with Mr. Whitbread's"; rough sketch plan of layout of engine house; small plan and section of boiler, possibly from a later date. All drawings are reverse copies.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 62. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 26.
For Felix Calvert & Co. Brewery, Upper Thames St., All Hallows, London.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
Published references: Dickinson & Jenkins, p. 164.
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