| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (20 items).
Single-acting engine, with 58 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, chain connection. New working gear added 1778.
Set of numbered drawings, May 1776:
1 - general view of the engine, 2 - ground plan of the engine and boilers, 3 - outside front view of engine and end of beam with chains, 4 - drawings of the condenser with extensive notes, 5 - sections and plans of the outside cylinder, 6 - plan of the beam. Also drawings of the condenser and steam pipes, with notes; drawings of the outside cylinder; unmarked section of the engine, ground plan of the engine and boilers, section of the engine house and boilers.
Drawings from 1777 to 1780: new scapement for regulators, Jul. 1777; new working gear, Apr. 1778 - side view and plan; coloured general section of the engine, with direct copy marked "after the alterations of 1778"; new piston, May 1780; reverse plan and section of new boiler, Jun. 1780.
New oblong boiler, 1781 - coloured plan and sections of proposed boiler Feb. 1781, sheet of sections and plan Apr. 1781, end view "as altered" May 1781.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 1 [in the Drawing Office Index only]
Catalogue of Old Engines p. 284.
For Francis Parrott of Hawkesbury, Thomas Whieldon of Fenton, Rev. John Fernyhough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, George Taylor of Bedworth. Hawkesbury Colliery, Bedworth, near Coventry, Warwickshire. This engine was usually referred to as "The Bedworth Engine". The engine was extensively altered and moved to Exhall Colliery in 1788-1789 - see below.
See also: Incoming Correspondence, Engine Agreements.
Published references: Dickinson & Jenkins p. 207, plate LXXIV - pumps for the condenser (from sheet of condenser drawings).
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