| Description | 8 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler showing well, connecting shaft etc.; framing and cistern - reverse drawings; reverse plans and sections of the engine house; parallel motion - reverse copy marked on reverse "7 Mar. 1793 - BFT Lancaster Canal"; working gear - coloured original and reverse front and side views. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 145. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 34.
For Samuel Oldknow. Cotton mill, Stockport. According to the Catalogue of Old Engines, the concern became Parker & Co., then Radcliffe & Ross in 1802 and J. B. Spencer & Co. in 1807.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence. |