| Description | 75. Rolling Mill Engine - Frith Sands & Co. (QM). Jun.-Sep. 1871, Apr. 1877, Mar. 1898. 51 items.
Horizontal high pressure engine, with 24 inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke.
Also rolling mill machinery.
Tracings of the mill and machinery foundations etc.:
Outline plan of the premises, sections and plan of the refining furnace, sections and plans of furnaces, plan and elevations of cisterns, sketch showing proposed position of turning and grinding machines, elevation and sections of frames to carry driving gear for the rolling mill, gearing required for driving lap lathe, blocks and plates for underground shafting, fragment of a plan of the engine and boilers - all partially coloured.
Engine, boiler, components, rolling mill etc.:
Sections of boilers - partially coloured drawing; cylinder and slide valve - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; feed pump - partially coloured drawing (originally made for 32 inch engine BT in Jun. 1856);
Plan of engine and boilers and rolling mill - 3 tracings (2 partially coloured); sketch of slitters - tracing; longitudinal section of engine and driving gear and foundations - partially coloured tracing and partially coloured reverse drawing; transverse sections of engine and rolling mill foundations - partially coloured reverse drawing; longitudinal and transverse sections of rolling mill foundations - partially coloured tracing and partially coloured reverse drawing; transverse sections of engine foundations - partially coloured reverse drawing; underground plan of foundations for shears, plan of tunnels - partially coloured tracings and partially coloured reverse drawings; longitudinal and transverse sections of boilers - partially coloured tracing, partially coloured reverse drawing and partially coloured tracing of reverse drawing.
Details of frames to carry blocks for driving gear, spur wheel and pinions, base plates for roll frames (with sketch for bolts, Mar. 1898) - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings; pickle and cleaning cisterns - partially coloured drawing; winding gear for strips for 9 inch rolls - partially coloured drawing and tracing; plan and elevation of cisterns - 2 partially coloured tracings; sections and plan of refining furnace - partially coloured tracing and partially coloured drawing originally made for P. van Vlissingen & Co. All these drawings bear letter codes.
Rough sketches, miscellaneous drawings etc.:
Table of proportions of spur wheels; sketch of steam pipes and waste water pipes; crank and pin; cross bar and air pump arm and piston rod cap; pipe for pickle cistern; note about pulleys wanted with sketches of shafts on the back; sketch of brackets and tables of circular shears.
Later items:
Plan of additional parts of the works, Apr. 1877; foundation bolts and plates for 9 inch roll and pinion frames - partially coloured tracing, Mar. 1898.
For Frith Sands & Co. Rolling mill. |