| Description | Pumping and Canal Engines. (34 items).
Single-acting engine, with 46 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, chain connection.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine and boiler, plan of the engine and boilers; reverse front and outside front views of the engine; coloured original plan of the boilers and cylinder top; coloured original and reverse cross-section of the boilers and external elevation of the boiler house, plan of the beam; reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler houses; air pump cross bar; catch pins, arch plates for the beam ends, chain links, beam straps, martingales, piston rod cap and cross bar - reverse drawings; adjusting screws, air pump bucket rod - original and reverse drawings; air pump gudgeon, fire door, bearer bars, dead plate, plans and section of the cylinder and piston - reverse drawings; working gear - original and reverse drawings, Oct. 1795, and coloured original [?] drawing, Nov. 1795.
Also clack seat piece - original and reverse drawings, Sep. 1804 (the original has a note from William Creighton to Abraham Storey attached to it); sketch of the top of the suction pipe, Oct. 1804. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 228. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 134.
For the Warwick & Birmingham Canal Co. Pumping station, Bowyer St., Birmingham.
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