| Title | Barclay Perkins & Co., Southwark, London, 1832, 1851, 1862, 1863, 1867, 1876, 1877 |
| Description | Crank Engines. (40 items).
506. Barclay Perkins & Co., Southwark, London (RU). Jul. 1832, Jun., Oct. 1851, Jan., Oct. 1862, Jun., Nov., Dec. 1863, Mar., Apr. 1867, Dec. 1876, Feb. 1877. 40 items.
40 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 32½ inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Reverse longitudinal section of the 40 horse power engine house, cross-section of 2 engine houses (showing 40 and 24 horse engine), cross-sections of boiler and 40 horse power engine house, reverse plan of 2 engine houses and boiler house; note from Frederick Bennett to Gilbert Hamilton with sketches of the spring beams; 2 undated drawings of clutch levers; rough sketch of top of columns etc. [?]; templates for top and bottom of cold water pump. The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Also the following drawings, 1851: tracing of bracket for injection valve, Jul. 1851; slide valves - coloured original and coloured reverse drawings, Oct. 1851 (these drawings bear letter codes).
Also the following drawings, 1861-1863: cold water pump (not dated - circa 1861?); feed pump valve box for 25 horse engine - 2 sheets of tracings, Jan. 1862; sketch of stop pipe and valve, Oct. 1862; sketch showing old clutch, and sheet of tracings of disengaging clutch, May 1863; gear for new coupling - 2 tracings, Jun. 1863; stop valves for 20 horse power engine - 4 tracings, Nov. & Dec. 1863.
Also the following drawings, Mar. & Apr. 1867: sketch showing position of manhole and steam chest; clutch ends; plan of clutch gear and lever, showing position of 20 and 40 horse engines, marked "traced from drawing dated 3 Jul. 1832"; clutch for old 20 horse engine - sheet of tracings of proposed design, partially coloured original and reverse drawings; plan of new boilers; fixed clutch and sliding clutch; stop valve; cross-section of boiler house marked "looking from chimney to engine house, 20 horse"; crank pin. Most of these drawings are tracings, and some bear letter codes.
Also the following drawings, 1876 and 1877: new nozzles and valves, general arrangement of new valves and gear - large linen sheets of coloured drawings, Dec. 1876; piston and air pump rods, Feb. 1877. These drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 859. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 86.
For Barclay Perkins & Co. Anchor Brewery, Park Street, Southwark, London. See Portfolio 5/10 for their earlier sun and planet engine. |