| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (1 item):
898. 10 Horse Sugar Plantation Engines, West Indies (ZBT, ZBU, ZBZ, ZCC). Mar., Jun., Aug. 1815. 1 item.
Four 10 horse power independent crank engines, with 19¾ inch cylinders, 2½ foot strokes, parallel motions, cast iron beams, cast iron connecting rods.
Reverse side view of the engine and cross-section of the boiler, cross-section of the engine, plan of the engine and boiler, longitudinal section of the boiler (4 drawings on 1 sheet). The drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 690. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 224.
This sheet of drawings was used for four separate engines. Henry Hazleton assigned a portfolio number to each engine despite the fact that there were no individual drawings for the engines. The engines were as follows:
Campbell Baillie & Co., Demerara (ZBT) [Hazleton's Portfolio 898].
For Arthurville, Demerara. Sugar plantation engine ordered by Campbell Baillie & Co. of Old Jewry, London. The original drawings for this engine were made in Mar. 1815. The engine was later maintained by Fraser Alexander Neilson & Co., and is listed under them in the Catalogue of Old Engines.
Thomas Daniel & Sons, Demerara (ZBU) [Hazleton's Portfolio 899].
For John Austin, Land of Plenty Estate, Demerara. Sugar plantation engine ordered by Thomas Daniel & Sons of Bristol. The original drawings for this engine were made in Mar. 1815.
Underwood Hall & Co., Demerara (ZBZ) [Hazleton's Portfolio 900].
For Plantation Uniform, Demerara. Sugar plantation ordered by Underwood Hall & Co. of 2 Copthall Chambers, Throgmorton St., London. The original drawings for this engine were made in Jun. 1815.
P. & G. Protheroe, Jamaica (ZCC) [Hazleton's Portfolio 901].
For Mr. Foulks, The Lodge Estate, Jamaica. Sugar plantation engine ordered by P. & G. Protheroe of Bristol. The original drawings for this engine were made in Aug. 1815.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8). |