| Description | 27. Margate Steamer No. 5, Dart (UX & UY). Nov., Dec. 1824, Nov. 1826. 9 items.
Two 50 horse power side lever boat engines, with 39½ inch cylinders, 3½ foot strokes. Power increased to 60 horses 1830.
Section at the paddle shaft, section at the aft part of the engine room - 2 drawings by William Evans; cross-section of the boat showing engines and paddles; plan of the engine and boiler sleepers; longitudinal section of the engine room and boiler; cross-section showing the boiler - partially coloured drawing; plan of the engine room deck beams - coloured drawing (with diagram and notes on the paddles on the back); paddle and gangway wale (with section of the paddle casing timbers on the back).
Also press copy sketch section of a boat marked "Design for engines in a vessel same as Margate Dart", Nov. 1826.
For the United Margate Steam Packet Co. According to Boat Engine Book No. 1, the engines were ordered by the Dart Steam Boat Co., but correspondence in the firm's letter books makes it clear that the boat was operated by the United Margate Steam Packet Co. The firm was later referred to as the Margate Steam Packet Co. These drawings were probably kept in the London office and sent to Soho at a later date.
See also: Portfolio 5/1138.
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