| Description | 54. H. M. Dockyard, Malta. Apr., May, Jul., Aug. 1856, Feb. 1858. 24 items.
Two 10 horse power independent crank engines, with 19¾ inch cylinders, parallel motions.
Elevation of engines and pumps - coloured tracing and partially coloured reverse copy; wheels, shafting etc. for working pumps, saw mill etc. - partially coloured reverse drawing; wheels, shafting etc. for driving saw mill - partially coloured drawing; plan of wheels and shafting for saw mill - coloured tracing, coloured original and coloured reverse copy; plan of engine and boiler houses - coloured drawing; longitudinal section of engine house and pumps - partially coloured reverse drawing; transverse section of engines, boilers and pumps - coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; plan and section of the tunnels and wells - coloured drawing marked "not adopted"; plan and section of the tunnels and wells - coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; longitudinal section of engine house - coloured drawing marked "not adopted"; longitudinal section of engine house - coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; longitudinal section of boiler house - coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; steam, feed, safety and emptying pipes, grates, dampers, cold water pumps, pipes etc. - reverse drawing; spur fly wheel and pinion - partially coloured original and coloured reverse drawing; cylinder and slide valve, parallel motion - partially coloured drawings. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 1052.
For the Honourable the Commissioners of the Navy. Dockyard, Malta. The engines pumped water and powered a saw mill and other machinery.
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