| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (3 items).
912. Timperon & Dobinson, Jamaica (ZBW). Mar. 1815, Oct. 1833. 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 cross-section of the engine and boiler, side view of the engine, longitudinal section of boiler, plan of the engine and boiler (4 drawings on 1 sheet); plan of the engine, boiler and sugar mill and front and side views of the mill - coloured drawing marked "No. 1" and "received with Messrs. Timperon & Dobinson's letter 3 Mar. 1815" (the drawing is marked on the back in pencil "New Ramble Estate"). The reverse drawing bears a letter code.
Also coloured drawings of hand pump, breeze pump, crank shaft, crosses etc. by William Murdock (nephew of William Sr.), Oct. 1833.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 690. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 224.
For the Hillside Estate, Jamaica. Sugar plantation engine ordered by Timperon & Dobinson of 26 Philpot Lane, London.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8). |