| Description | 28b. Devonport Dockyard (FT & FU). Jan., Feb. 1851, Nov. 1853. 10 items.
Two inverted or 'direct' single-acting engines, with 48 inch cylinders, 8 foot strokes, parallel motions, cast iron beams.
Sketch of pumps and clacks - partially coloured drawing; sections and plans of the well and pumps - partially coloured drawing (crossed out); plan of the engine and boiler houses (1st floor), plan of the engine and boiler houses, longitudinal section of the engine and boiler houses, cross-section of the engine house, cross-sections of the boiler house, cross-section of the engine house showing platform and cistern, plans and sections of the well and pumps - partially coloured drawings; plan and section of the North Pump Houses describing the well, chain pumps, part of docks, drains etc. - coloured plan. All the drawings except the first two and last items bear letter codes.
For the Honourable the Commissioners of the Navy. Pumping engines, Devonport Dockyard. These drawings were probably kept in the London office and sent to Soho at a later date.
See also: Portfolio 5/654. |