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Ref NoMS 3147/5/841
TitleCottam Mortan & Co., Jamaica, 1846, 1847
LevelFile
Date1846-1847
DescriptionIndependent Beam (Crank) Engines (9 items).

841. Cottam Mortan & Co., Jamaica (HV). Aug.-Oct., Dec. 1846, Feb. 1847. 9 items.
10 horse power independent crank engine, with [19¾ inch cylinder], 2½ foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].

Reverse plan of the engine house and boiler, longitudinal section of the engine house and boiler, transverse section of the engine house and boiler; gearing to connect engine with sugar pan - original and reverse drawings; plan and sections of the boiler and seating, connecting machinery - partially coloured reverse drawings; sketch of gearing to connect the steam engine with Gadesden & Evans' sugar pan copied from a drawing by Cottam Mortan & Co.; elevation and plan of the connecting machinery copied from a drawing by Cottam Mortan & Co. All the drawings except the last 2 items bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 959. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 232.

For the Bog Estate, Vere, Jamaica. Engine ordered by Cottam Mortan & Co. of Lime St., London.

See also: Portfolio 6/58b.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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