| Description | Crank Engines. (13 items).
514. Phoenix Mill, Manchester (OU). Apr. 1836. 13 items.
80 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 44 inch cylinder, 7 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Coloured original cross -section of 4 boilers and steam pipes, plan of the engine and boiler houses and chimney and proposed second engine, cross-section of the engine house - these 3 drawings were sent to Boulton Watt & Co. by Wren & Bennett, and the first 2 have been given letter codes; memorandum by William Bennett accompanying the drawings.
Also plans of the various stonework courses within the engine house, as follows: 1st course of masonry over the tunnel, 2nd - 6th courses of stonework, 7th course of masonry, 8th and 9th or top courses of stonework.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 901.
For the Phoenix Mill, Manchester. Engine Order Book No. 12 notes that drawings and correspondence were to be sent to J. B. Clarke & Sons. Bennett's memorandum notes that the engine was ordered by J. B. Clarke, but that it had been transferred to Henry Charles Lacy. |