| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (12 items).
828a. William Harter, Manchester (QZ). Jul., Oct.-Dec. 1831. 12 items.
20 horse power independent crank engine, with 25½ inch cylinder, 3½ foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Direct copy drawings, Jul. 1831 - side view of the engine, plan of the engine house showing place for second engine, plan of the tunnel, cross-section of the engine house showing place for second engine.
Reverse cross-section of boiler house showing place for second boiler, plan of the boiler house showing places for second and third boilers, longitudinal section of boiler house, Oct. 1831. These drawings bear letter codes.
Plan of the waste water and feed pipes, sketch section of the cold water pump, Nov. 1831; sketch of jack head pump marked "Not adopted"; rough sketch plan of the engine house showing 2 engines; plan of the engine house showing position of cylinders and pillars of the 2 engines, with sketches of pipes etc. on the same sheet; "Apparatus for blowing the mud out of boilers" - sheet of partially coloured drawings by R. Armstrong, 4 Dec. 1831.
Original Portfolio or Book No. 848. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 244.
For William Harter. Mill, Manchester. Harter bought a second engine in 1835 [see Portfolio 5/828b], and the drawings were placed in Book 848 alongside the ones for this engine. By 1844 the concern had become Harter & Edwards. |