| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (15 items).
Engine with 33 1/3 inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam.
Reverse general view and plan of the engine, boiler and pump; reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses, pump, boiler, view of the pithead frame, drawings of the cistern (on the back of some of these drawings are crossed out drawings of Easterby Hall & Co.'s engine house, 1801); views of the pumps, sketch plan of the air pump and condenser etc., elevation and plan of the capstan - reverse drawings; working gear - partially coloured reverse front and side views; rough sketch of the capstan and pithead frame marked "this sketch & dimensions was furnished by Mr. Murdock"; small sketch of the piston rod and cylinder; note of the price of the cataract - £9.11.11½. All the reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 577. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 294.
For the proprietors of Ross Island Mine, Kilarney, Ireland.
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