| Description | 8 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion. Second boiler added 1796. Power increased to 14 horses 1809.
Includes coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler; reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler houses and mill; parallel motion - coloured original and reverse drawings; working gear - coloured original and reverse front and side views; rough sketch plan and section of the mill.
Also rough sketch plan and reverse plan and section of new boiler, Jun. 1796. Almost all the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 160. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 34.
For Jeremiah Bury. Cotton mill, Stockport.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence. |