| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (2 items).
849. Davidson & Graham, Jamaica (ZK). Mar. 1809. 2 items.
10 horse power independent crank engine, with 19¾ inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse side view of the engine and cross-section of the boilers, plan of the engine and boilers, cross-section of the foundations, longitudinal section of the boiler. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original portfolio or 'Book' No. 640. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 218.
For Sir Alexander Grant, Jamaica. Sugar plantation engine ordered by Davidson & Graham. Engine Order Book No. 7, the Drawing Office Index and the List of Engines made at Soho record that this was a 10 horse engine, but the drawings show an 8 horse (17? inch) cylinder.
See also: 4/93 (Engine Order Book No. 7).
Incoming Correspondence (from John Rennie). |