| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (2 items).
863. Christopher Idle, Brother & Co., Rotherhithe (ZC). May 1812. 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 cross-section of the engine house and boiler, plan of the engine house and boiler, longitudinal section of the engine house, longitudinal section of the boiler. The drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 658. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 242.
For Christopher Idle, Brother & Co. of Nova Scotia. Saw mill, Trinity Wharf, Rotherhithe, Kent. The engine was originally intended for a saw mill in Quebec, but Engine Order Book No. 8 notes that it was erected at Rotherhithe.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8).
Incoming Correspondence (from John Rennie). |