| Description | 12 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 19 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes coloured original and reverse general view of the engine and boiler, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine, boiler, engine and boiler houses, showing location of horse wheel and corner of the mill, connection of the engine to the mill (the reverse copies are marked "Gilbert's"); framing - reverse drawing; boiler - coloured original and reverse plans and sections; original (not coloured) and reverse sections and elevations of the engine and boiler houses; working gear - coloured original and reverse front and side views marked "from Gilbert's"; cistern - reverse drawings; sketched section of the mill showing floors and horse wheel; sketch ground plan of horse wheel and shafts; plan of engine and boiler houses showing location of an intended second boiler. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 135. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 54.
For Sir Richard Arkwright, Knight, of Cromford, Derbyshire. Cotton mill, Nottingham. The Catalogue of Old Engines says that the mill was later worked by a Mr. Heptinstall - the same Heptinstall who worked James Robinson's mill at Linby?
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence. |