| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (2 items).
964. Davidsons Barkly & Co., Jamaica (DY) and Berbice (GD). Jun., Oct. 1819. 2 items.
Two 10 horse power independent crank engines, with 19¾ 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 house and boiler, longitudinal section of the boiler house and boiler. Both sheets bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 730. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 226, 230.
For Goshen, Jamaica (engine DY) and for Mr. Cameron, Highbury Estate, Berbice (engine GD). Sugar plantation engines ordered by Davidson Barkly & Co. of Lime St., London. The drawings were made for the Jamaica engine in Jun. 1819 and re-used in the same year for the Berbice engine. Henry Hazleton allocated separate portfolio numbers to the engines despite the fact that they did not have separate drawings; the Jamaica engine was Portfolio 964 and the Berbice engine was Portfolio 965.
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9). |