| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (21 items).
14 horse power independent engine, with 22 inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam.
Reverse view of the large pump and air vessel, longitudinal section of boiler and air vessel, longitudinal section of engine house and engine showing independent framing and governor, transverse section of engine house and boilers, plan of the tunnels and large pump, plan of the engine house and engine and boilers; memorandum describing these drawings; section and plan of pump - partially coloured reverse drawings; plans and sections of the engine and boilers marked "see letter to Mr. Rennie 1 Apr. 1813", bottom of pump cistern, frame to support 2nd shaft - press copy drawings; parallel motions for the pump beam - original and press copy drawings; forcing pump, section and plan of valve box for jet (fountain) pumps - press copy drawings; plan of the site showing Palace of Lucknow, Goomty river and Rennie's bridge marked "Mr. Rennie's sketches Mar. 1813"; 2 sheets of sketch plans and elevations; "Memorandums respecting the Steam Engine & Pumps for His Highness the Nabob Vizier of Oude to serve as instructions for Mr. Hugh Thompson", 15 Mar. 1814, in James Watt Jr.'s hand, with second sheet describing the drawings (not by Watt Jr.); coloured plan and sections of the engine, boiler and pumps, marked "H.W.T." [Hugh Thompson?]; coloured front entrance elevation of the engine house marked "drawn by James Miller"; three dimensional drawing of engine house (intended to be a watercolour?). The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 663. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 294.
For the Nabob Vizier of Oude, Lucknow. The engine was intended for draining coffer dams for laying the foundations of a new iron bridge across the river which John Rennie was constructing. Once the bridge had been built, the engine was to be used for supplying a large reservoir in the Nabob's garden and occasionally working fountains.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8), Incoming Correspondence (from John Rennie).
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