| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (16 items).
583. J. Blanken, Hellevoetsluys, Holland (B). Dec. 1800, Feb., Mar., May 1801. 16 items.
Double-acting engine, with 30¾ inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Reverse general view of the engine and boiler, plan of the engine and boiler; reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses, boiler, pump and cistern; clack, suction pipe, working barrel etc. for 30 inch pump (partially coloured), plan of the air pump and condenser etc., bracket - reverse drawings; working gear - original and reverse drawings; clack, suction pipe, working barrel etc. for 21 inch pump (partially coloured), parallel motion, plan and side view of the injection gear and air pump and condenser, ; memorandum "Directions for making the Joints of the Pumps"; press copy memorandum "Observations on the Drawings and Other Matters for Mr. Blanken's Engine" (4 sheets); coloured plan and elevations of original proposed arrangement for the engine [?], showing the working beam connected to separate pump beams on either side of a large pump pit, with pumps of 20 and 28 inches diameter. All the drawings except the last 3 items bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 402. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 148.
For Hellevoetsluys, Holland, ordered by John Daniel Huichelbos van Liender. Dry dock engine. J. Blanken was the engineer. Note that Hazleton placed this engine in the "Dock Engines" section of the Catalogue of Old Engines.
See also: Incoming Correspondence (from van Liender).
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