| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (18 items).
569. Charles Brandling, Middleton Colliery. Oct., Nov. 1793. 18 items.
Single-acting engine, with 60 inch cylinder, 8½ foot stroke, chain connection, unequal beam.
Reverse general view of the engine, plans and sections of the engine and boiler; gudgeons and plummer blocks, chain links and adjusting screws, piston rod cap and cross bars - reverse drawings marked "a copy made 7 Jun. 1798 for the Trustees of W. H. Lambton"; beam - reverse drawing showing 2 beams, one with chain connection and one with parallel motion; working gear - partially coloured reverse front and side views dated Oct. 1793, reverse front and side views dated Nov. 1793; reverse plan of the injection gear showing air pump, condenser and cylinder; sockets for the king posts, martingales, arch plates for beam ends, air pump cross bar, catch pins, beam straps, manhole pipe, plan of the beam - reverse drawings; plan and elevation of the engine house and sections of the new boilers - these drawings were sent to Boulton & Watt. All the drawings except the last 2 items bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 209. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 290.
For Charles Brandling of Gosforth House. Middleton Colliery, Rothwell, Yorkshire. The agreement for the engine was made between Boulton & Watt and Brandling's agent, Richard Humble, of Middleton.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
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