| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (18 items).
Single-acting engine, with 60 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, chain connection.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, ground plan of the engine; reverse plans and sections of the engine house; reverse plan and section of the engine house and 3 boilers; pump and clack - partially coloured reverse drawing marked "The original being much dirtied and torn, the present copy therefore was made…29 Aug. 1811"); section and plans of the cylinder, drawings of the cistern, plans and sections of the cylinder top and bottom and piston, air pump, condenser, socket and blow pipe, beam, martingales, arch plates for beam ends, stays and braces, catch pin, steam pipe socket - reverse drawings; working gear - coloured original reverse front and side views. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 354. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 290.
For the Trustees of John Hope. Colliery, Inversk, near Edinburgh. Many of the drawings are marked "Mr. Grieve", in reference to John Grieve, John Hope's agent. The Catalogue of Old Engines gives the stroke as 8½ feet.
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