| Description | 30 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 28 inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion. Engine originally ordered by A. G. & H. Salvin.
Includes coloured original and reverse general view of the engine and boilers (some of the coloured originals are missing, and two of the plans have had the half showing the engine torn away - according to the Drawings Day Book some of these had to be redrawn); reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler houses, one of which shows the location of the "old engine"; framing and cistern - reverse drawings; working gear - coloured original and reverse front and side views; bevel wheels; drawings of the mill and water wheel by John Sutcliffe, dated Halifax, 26 Feb. 1791. All the drawings except Sutcliffe's bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 182. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 8, 46.
For Edward Markland, John Cookson and Joseph Fawcett. Cotton and worsted mill, Leeds. The firm enquired about an engine in Feb. 1792, having already erected an "expensive water wheel" and begun an engine "of so inferior construction." Boulton & Watt could not supply them with an engine quickly enough, but later in 1792 they bought this 30 horse engine originally ordered by A. G. & H. Salvin for their Manchester premises. Salvins countermanded the order when they moved to Durham [see Portfolio 5/80].
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
Published references: Tann, p. 18 - Sutcliffe's drawings of mill and water wheel. |