| Title | Hamburg Water Works, Germany, 1845, 1847, 1849, 1851, 1853, 1866, 1870 (38 items). |
| Description | 40. Hamburg Water Works, Germany (IH & II). Jun., Jul. 1845, Apr., Aug., Nov. 1847, Jan. 1849, Aug. 1851, Nov. 1853, Feb. 1866, Apr., May 1870. 38 items.
Two single-acting engines, with 48 inch cylinders, 8 foot strokes, parallel motions, cast iron beams, cast iron connecting rods.
Also proposed engine with 85 inch cylinder, 11 foot stroke; proposed compound engine.
Drawings 1845-1851:
Transverse section of the engine house showing the cold water pumps, plan of the tunnels, transverse section of the engine and boiler houses, longitudinal section of the boiler house, front view of the boilers - coloured drawings.
Cylinder and steam case, nozzles with double beat valves - partially coloured reverse drawings; working gear - coloured original and coloured reverse drawings; working gear and cataracts and injection gear etc., main lever and gudgeons, parallel motion - partially coloured reverse drawings; outer end parallel motion, balance weights - coloured reverse drawings; sections of the engine house showing spring beams - partially coloured reverse drawing; wrought iron cap and gudgeon for the inner and outer pumps; cataract gearing - partially coloured reverse drawing; outer end parallel motion - coloured reverse drawing; details of working gear - partially coloured reverse drawing. All these drawings bear letter codes.
Printed section of the engine house, pumps, pipes, tower etc. numbered XI (captioned in German), with coloured tracing copy marked "Drawing of Hamburg Water Works showing steam engines, pumps, air vessels and tubes"; press copy drawing of ? [part of valve?].
Set of tracings, Nov. 1853:
Plan of the engine and boiler houses, cross-section of the engine and boiler houses (coloured), longitudinal section of the engine house (partially coloured). All these drawings bear letter codes.
Set of tracings, Feb. 1866.
Plan of proposed pumping engine with 85 inch cylinder, 11 foot stroke, transverse section of the proposed pumping engine (partially coloured), transverse section of 34 inch pump and air vessel (partially coloured), longitudinal section of proposed pumping engine, longitudinal section and plan of boilers, enlarged sketch of bottom of air vessel (partially coloured). All these drawings bear letter codes.
Drawings etc. 1870:
I - Plan of engine and boiler houses, II - longitudinal section of engine and boiler houses, III - cross-section of the engine and boiler houses - 3 printed specification drawings sent by H. Lienau; plan and cross-section and external elevation of the engine house - partially coloured drawing. All these drawings are captioned in German.
Partially coloured tracings - plan of the engine and boilers, 2 transverses section of the engine. These drawings bear letter codes.
For the Hamburg Board of Public Works. Pumping engines, Hamburg, Germany. The drawings of 1866 were for a pumping engine with an 85 inch cylinder and an 11 foot stroke, and the drawings of 1870 were for a compound pumping engine. James Watt & Co. tendered for both these engines but appear not to have been awarded the contracts.
See also: Portfolio 5/1078.
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