| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (26 items).
570. Charles Brandling, Gateshead Park Colliery. Jan.-Mar. 1794. 26 items.
Single-acting engine, with 60 inch cylinder, 8½ foot stroke, chain connection, unequal beam.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine and boiler, plans and sections of the engine and 2 round boilers; piston rod cap and cross bars - reverse drawings and coloured copy "for Mr. Thompson"; condenser - reverse drawing, with reverse drawing of the condenser for Brandling's first engine attached; gudgeons and plummer blocks, air pump cross bar, beam strap ends - reverse drawings; martingales, arch plates for beam ends, adjusting screws; chain links, manhole pipe, damper plate and frame, steam and stop pipes - reverse drawings; working gear - coloured original and reverse front and side views (the reverse drawing is marked on the back "CKA 14 Nov. 1795 Walker Colliery No. 2 (all the principal parts the same)"); beam - reverse side view and coloured original and reverse plan; plan of the injection gear and condenser cistern showing cylinder, air pump and condenser - coloured original and reverse drawings; plan and elevation of the proposed engine house, sent to Boulton & Watt. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 212. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 290.
For Charles Brandling of Gosforth House. For Gateshead Park Colliery.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
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