| Description | Bell Crank Engines (6 items).
6 horse power bell crank engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 2 foot stroke.
Also steam heating apparatus.
Reverse cross-section of the engine house, side view of the engine and boiler, cross-section of the boiler, plan of the engine and boiler (4 drawings on 1 sheet); plans of the new shafts and plummer block - coloured original and reverse drawings (the reverse drawing has a press copy plan and section of the premises showing steam heating pipes stuck on the back); sheet with rough sketches of pipes [?] and shafts, calculations etc. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Also press copy plan and section of the engine marked "Engine late McCracken, now Seed & Baillie, Belfast."
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 549. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 254.
For John McCracken. Cotton mill, Belfast. McCracken sold this engine to Seed & Baillie of Belfast in 1807, and replaced it with a 20 horse power crank engine [see Portfolio 5/380].
See also: Incoming Correspondence (from Seed & Baillie).
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