| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (2 items).
567. Dublin Canal Co., Ireland. Feb. 1792. 2 items.
3 horse power sun & planet engine, with 10½ inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke, direct connection, A frame. Engine formerly belonged to the Birmingham Canal Co.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, boiler and pump beam, plan of the engine and boiler, front view of pump beam frame (2 sheets with 3 drawings each). The drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 176. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 134.
For the Dublin Canal Co. This was one of two 3 horse power engines supplied to the Birmingham Canal Co. for the construction of the Summit Locks. It is almost identical to the engine supplied to Mona Mine in 1790 [see Portfolio 5/244]. It was sold to the Dublin Canal Co. in 1792. The boiler is of an unusual construction; the fire place is in front of the boiler and works into two horizontal flues. These join at the back of the boiler to form one vertical flue.
See also: Portfolio 5/1275, Incoming Correspondence.
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