| Description | 10 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 17½ inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes reverse general view of the engine, 2 coloured original and 3 reverse plans and sections of the engine and boilers; reverse plans and sections of the engine house; parallel motion - coloured original and reverse copy marked "BQE, Messrs. Holland & Bridge 19 Sep. 1793"; working gear - coloured original and reverse front and side views; rough sketch plan marked "see Peter Ewart's letter 14 Oct. 1791." All the engine drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 150. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 34.
For Abraham Illingworth. Cotton mill, Stockport. Illingworth was declared bankrupt in 1793, and sold the premises with this, the smaller of his two engines, to John Dumbell of Warrington.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
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