| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (2 items).
956. Saunders Taylor & Co., Chippenham (LL). Aug., Sep. 1815. 2 items.
14 horse power independent crank engine, with 22 inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod].
Reverse side view of the engine and longitudinal section of the boiler, cross-section of the engine, plan of the engine house and boiler, cross-section of the boiler (4 drawings on 1 sheet); sketch plan of the engine and boiler houses by George Haden Jr. The sheet of reverse drawings bears a letter code.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 712. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 238.
For Saunders Taylor & Co. Mill, Chippenham, Wiltshire. The firm became Charles Taylor & Co. in Oct. 1815.
See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8). |