| Description | Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (2 items).
985. Thomas Mercer, Kingswood (FX). Nov. 1821. 2 items.
10 horse power independent crank engine, with 19¾ inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Reverse longitudinal section of the engine house, plan of the engine house and boiler, cross-section of the engine house and boiler, longitudinal section of the boiler. Both sheets bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 755. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 238.
For Thomas Mercer. Stock and gig mill, Kingswood, near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Mercer was intended to have the engine coded GR, but was actually sent the engine coded FX, which had been allocated to John & William Strange [see Portfolio 5/986].
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9). |