| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (2 items)
923. 8 Horse Sugar Plantation Engines, West Indies (DZ, EA, EB). Jul., Aug., Oct. 1816. 2 items.
Three 8 horse power independent crank engines, with 17? inch cylinders, 2½ foot strokes, parallel motions, cast iron beams, cast iron connecting rods.
Reverse side view of the engine, plan of the engine and boiler, cross-section of the engine and boiler, longitudinal section of the boiler. The drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 702. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 226.
These drawings were used for three 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:
Thomas Daniel & Sons, Demerara (DZ) [Hazleton's Portfolio 923].
For Mr. Cox, Demerara. Sugar plantation engine ordered by Thomas Daniel & Sons of Bristol. The original drawings for this engine were made in Jul. 1816.
John Murphy, Berbice (EA) [Hazleton's Portfolio 925].
For Plantation Profit, Berbice. Sugar plantation engine ordered by John Murphy. The original drawings for this engine were made in Aug. 1816.
Thomas Daniel & Sons, Demerara (EB) [Hazleton's Portfolio 937].
For H. T. Austin, Demerara. Sugar plantation engine ordered by Thomas Daniel & Sons of Bristol. The original drawings for this engine were made in Oct. 1816. Note that Henry Hazleton confused this engine with engine EY, an 8 horse engine ordered by Daniel & Sons in 1820.
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9). |