| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (3 items).
930. William & Roland Mitchell, Jamaica (EN). Aug., Sep. 1817. 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 side view of the engine, plan of the engine and boiler, cross-section of the engine and boiler, longitudinal section of the boiler; coloured plan and elevation of the engine, boiler and connecting machinery, sent by the Mitchells to Boulton Watt & Co., with a memorandum from James Watt Jr. to John Rennie added on. The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 702. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 226.
For Jamaica. Sugar plantation engine ordered by William & Roland Mitchell of Lime St., London.
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9). |