| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (5 items).
Single-acting engine, with 33 1/3 inch cylinder, 7 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam.
Reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses and boilers, plan of the tunnel, side view of the engine house and boilers and pump, plan of the well, sections of the engine house, longitudinal section of the boiler house and boiler; plan and section of the canal and river Tone showing tunnel and proposed site of engine; note from William Buckle to Abraham Storey dated Soho, 20 Jul. 1826 about an additional length of suction pipe for the pump. The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 787. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 138.
For the Bridgewater & Taunton Canal Co. To lift water to the canal from the River Tone. This engine was originally allocated to the Portsmouth & Arundel Canal, but they changed their order to a 42 inch.
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9).
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