| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (23 items).
843. Cockerell & Co., India (IG). May, Jul. 1845, Jan. 1846, Feb., Sep. 1848. 23 items.
25 horse power independent crank engine, with 3½ foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Also saw mill.
Reverse longitudinal section and plan of the engine and boiler houses, plan of the tunnel, transverse sections of the engine and boiler houses; sections of 30 horse boiler marked "Copy of this drawing sent to Messrs. T. & D. Horton"; steam and feed pipes - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; "uses" (iron work) - crank, shafts etc.; coloured original and coloured reverse plan of the saw mill shafting, transverse section of the saw mill, longitudinal section of saw mill, circular saw and gearing, large saw frame, small saw frame, plan and sections of the saw mill; map of the Natmoo Estate marked "Traced by J. Newman 2 Aug. 1845"; transcript of extract from letter from S. John Hammett to William Buckle dated Natmoo, 23 Feb. 1848 with comments about the saw mill; original portfolio cover, with cutting from The Times, 26 Sep. 1848 about the destruction of the estate by fire stuck inside. All the drawings except the last 4 items bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 968. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 246.
For Cockerell & Co. Natmoo Estate, India. The estate was destroyed by fire circa Sep. 1848. |