| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (3 items).
852. David Dickson, Clocksbriggs (ZQ). Aug. 1809. 3 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 showing water wheel and connecting shaft, cross-section of the boiler, longitudinal and cross-sections of the engine house, longitudinal section of the boiler (5 drawings on 2 sheets); sketch elevation and plan of the proposed engine house showing water wheel, with engine pencilled in (marked "came with letter of 8 Aug. 1809"). The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Original portfolio or 'Book' No. 640. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 242.
For David Dickson. Flax mill, Clocksbriggs, near Forfar.
See also: 4/93 (Engine Order Book No. 7).
Incoming Correspondence (from E. S. Hutton). |