| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (19 items).
590. J. D. H. van Liender, Crimpenrewaerd, Holland (VL). Nov. 1802, Jan., Feb., Apr., May 1803, Dec. 1806. 19 items.
Engine with 31½ inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam.
Sketch general view and plan of the engine and pump, Nov. 1802 (the Drawings Day Book notes that these were not sent); reverse side view of the engine and boiler and pump, plan of the spring beams, cross-section of boiler, plan of the engine and boiler and pump, Jan. 1803; reverse general view and plan of the engine and boiler and pump, May 1803; beam, parallel motion - reverse drawings; section and plan of the cylinder and air pump - original and partially coloured reverse drawings; section and plan of 48 inch "great pump"; section and plan of great pump, bucket and clack - partially coloured reverse drawings marked "2nd editions made 29 Aug. 1811 - H.C. [Henry Creighton]"; plan and section of air pump clack, sketch side view of the engine - reverse drawings; working gear - original and reverse front view (the bottom half of the original drawing is wanting), reverse side view; bracket - reverse drawing; working and injection gear - reverse front and side views, plan of the injection gear (smaller scale than the above working gear drawings).
Also plan and sections of 54 inch pump, 20 Dec. 1806. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 483. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 292.
For the Commissioners of Drainage, Crimpenrewaerd, ordered by John Daniel Huichelbos van Liender. The engine was erected in Ontlast Sluis, by the river Yssel. Van Liender was one of four commissioners for the Crimpenrewaerd area.
See also: Incoming Correspondence (from van Liender).
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