| Description | Crank Engines. (28 items).
515. The Union Plate Glass Co., St. Helens (MX). Nov. 1836, Mar.-Sep., Dec. 1837, Jan. 1838, Aug. 1851. 28 items.
100 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 48 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Plan and cross-section of the engine and boiler houses (original and reverse copy), plan of the tunnel and 1st course of stonework and details of subsequent courses of stonework - these drawings were sent by Wren & Bennett, 18 May 1837, and have been given letter codes; plan of the engine and boiler houses showing polishing room - incomplete original and reverse copy, sections of the engine and boiler houses and boilers, cross-section of the engine house showing hot and cold water pumps - original and reverse copy; plummer block - press copy sketch (not coded); fly wheel - original and reverse copy, and small note on the weight; air pump and condenser - partially coloured original and reverse copy; beam and gudgeons; connecting rod, crank, shaft and plummer block - partially coloured original and reverse copy; parallel motion - partially coloured original and reverse copy. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Also press copy plan and section of the engine house sent to William Bennett, 5 Nov. 1836; press copy section of crank platform showing governor, sent to William Bennett 4 Apr. 1837; draft [?] plan and section of the engine house; section of the polishing shop, flywheel and shafts marked "Traced from Wren & Bennett's drawing 29 Sep. 1837"; "Memoranda for Union Plate Glass Co." - details of correspondence, drawings etc. Sep. 1836-May 1837; sketches and extracts from letters to William Bennett, 14 & 18 Apr. 1837.
Also bucket for hot water pump, 30 Aug. 1851.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 906. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 90.
For the Union Plate Glass Co., St. Helens. |