| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (5 items).
Single-acting engine, with 42 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam.
Reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses, plan of the well, plan of the tunnel and covering stones, longitudinal section of the engine house and pump well, cross-section of the engine and boiler houses and boilers, cross-section of engine house through the well, longitudinal section of boiler. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Also sketch of piston and rod, air pump bucket and rod and brasses by Hollins Hunt, 2 Jun. 1834.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 802. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 138.
For the Thames & Medway Canal Co. The engine was actually made in 1819, but not appropriated to the Thames & Medway Canal Co. until Jul. 1825.
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9).
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