| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (12 items).
822. Sutton & Davis, London (ZCA). Jun. 1814, Jun., Jul. 1815, Apr. 1817, Nov. 1819. 12 items.
10 horse power independent crank engine, with 19¾ inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Also sugar exhausting machinery, steam heating apparatus [?], winding machine.
Reverse plan of the engine and boilers and exhausting machines and cross-section of the boilers (this sheet has a direct copy drawing of the vacuum pipes for the exhausting apparatus on the back), section of the engine house and boiler and exhausting apparatus, side view of the exhausting apparatus, side view of the engine; outline section of the sugar works, Jun. 1814; press copy plans of the boilers for Sutton & Davis and Rohde & Co.; press copy plan of the engine; elevation and plan of the exhausting apparatus marked "returned in Mr. Lawson's letter of 19 Jun." The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Wheels, pulleys, upright shafts etc. - coloured drawing marked "Copy of drawing sent from London Apr. 1817", with sheet of draft [?] sketches; winding machine and upright shaft - coloured reverse drawing, and partially coloured drawing by James Brown sent from London, Nov. 1819; plan of steam pipes in warehouses - original and reverse drawings.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 685. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 242.
For Sutton & Davis. Sugar refinery, Rupert St., Goodman Fields, London. Engine Order Book No. 8 gives the address as Lambeth St., Goodman's Fields.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8). |