| Description | Bell Crank Engines (2 items).
4 horse power bell crank engine, with 13 inch cylinder, 2 foot stroke. Engine formerly belonged to Samuel Cheetham.
Reverse cross-section of the engine and boiler, side view of the engine, plan of the engine and boiler (3 drawings on 1 sheet); section of Birley & Hornby's mill, Blackburn marked "engine late Cheetham" and "From Mr. Lawson, Dec. 1807". The sheet of reverse drawings bears a letter code.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 614. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 252, 256.
For Birley & Hornby. Cotton [?] mill, Blackburn, Lancashire. The engine formerly belonged to Samuel Cheetham of Stockport. Both the Drawing Office Index and the Catalogue of Old Engines erroneously describe this as a 6 horse engine.
See also: Portfolio 5/730.
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