| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (1 item).
919. Ramsgate Harbour (ZBS). Jul. 1815. 1 item.
8 horse power independent crank engine, with 17? 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, plan of the engine and boiler (3 drawings on 1 sheet). The sheet bears a letter code.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 690.
For the Ramsgate Harbour Co. Ramsgate, Kent. On the side view of the engine, the cylinder is marked as being 19¾ inches, the diameter for a 10 horse engine. However Engine Order Book No. 8 and John Rennie's correspondence make it clear that this was an 8 horse engine. This engine was omitted from the Catalogue of Old Engines.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8), Incoming Correspondence (from John Rennie). |