| Description | Gas Lighting Apparatus (6 items).
816. H. H. Birley & Co., Manchester. Sep., Oct. 1808, Oct. 1810. 6 items.
Gas lighting apparatus.
Longitudinal section of the gasometer pit, plan of the retort and gasometer pit, section through the gasometer pit, section showing retorts etc. (4 drawings on 1 sheet), sections and plans of retort (4 drawings on 1 sheet) - reverse drawings, Sep. 1808; plan of gasometers and tar and condenser pits etc. - coloured original and reverse drawings, Oct. 1808; cross-section of gasometer and tar pit, longitudinal view of gasometer and section of condenser and tar pits - reverse drawings, Oct. 1808; note sent to the Foundry of order for retort bodies, 10 Oct. 1810. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 597. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 190.
For H. H. Birley & Co. Cotton mill [?], Manchester. |