| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (12 items).
577. Wylam Colliery (WY). Aug., Sep. 1798, Mar., May 1799. 12 items.
Single-acting engine, with 63 inch cylinder, 8½ foot stroke, chain connection, unequal beam.
Reverse general view of the engine and boiler, reverse plans and front view of the engine and boilers; reverse plans and sections of the engine house, plan of the engine and boiler houses; working gear - reverse front and side views of working gear for single acting 60 inch engine with 8½ foot stroke, drawn Jun. 1798 and adapted for Wylam May 1799; plan and side view of the beam, drawings of the cistern, chain links, adjusting screws, braces, arch plates for beam ends, martingales, beam strap ends, air pump cross bar, sockets for the king posts etc. - reverse drawings; plan and section of the engine and boiler houses showing 3 boilers. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 308. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 290.
For Christopher Blackett of Newcastle upon Tyne. For Wylam Colliery, Northumberland.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
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