| Description | Gas Lighting Apparatus (5 items).
807. Williams Jones & Co., Birmingham. Aug., Nov. 1814. 5 items.
Gas lighting apparatus.
Plan of the gasometer pit and retorts, longitudinal section of the gasometer pit, section of the tar pit etc., cross-section of the gasometer pit - reverse drawings, Aug. 1814. These drawings bear letter codes.
Also 2 small sheets of sketches of pipes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 690. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 192.
For Williams Jones & Co. Britannia Nail Works, Birmingham. The firm was also known as the Britannia Nail Co., and the Engine Order Book, Drawing Office Index and the Drawings Day Book refers to it also as J. C. Dyer & Co. The building was built as a brewery in the 18th century, but was converted to nail making in the early 19th century.
See also: Portfolio 5/446, Incoming Correspondence (Gas Lighting Papers). |