Record

Ref NoMS 3147/6/8
TitleBed Plates, 1857, 1861—1864, 1868, 1869, 1871—1875
LevelFile
Date1857-1875
DescriptionBed plates, base frames etc. for various engines.

Finlay Hodgson & Co.:
Sleeper plates and general plan of the engine - partially coloured reverse drawing, Oct. 1857.

Pneumatic Despatch Co.:
Framing for engine with 15 inch cylinder, 16 inch stroke - reverse drawing, Jan. 1861; details of base frame, crank and connecting rod for engine with 24 inch cylinder, 21 inch stroke - partially coloured reverse drawing, Nov. 1863.

Rio de Janeiro, District No. 3, Brazil:
Base frame etc. for engine with 18 inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings, Apr. 1862; base frame etc. - partially coloured reverse drawing, May 1862.

Patent File Co.:
Bed plate - partially coloured reverse drawing, May 1864.

Rio de Janeiro, District No. 1, Brazil:
Bed plate and guides for engine with 27 inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke - partially coloured reverse drawing, Nov. 1864.

S. Richards & Co.:
Outer end of engine frame for engine with 21¼ inch cylinder - partially coloured reverse drawing, Jan. 1868.

Cork Water Works, Ireland:
Base frame for engine with 36 inch cylinder, 4½ foot stroke - partially coloured drawing, Jan. 1869.

Majorca Land Co. (La Roca No. 2):
Base frame for engine with 27 inch cylinder, 3 foot stroke - partially coloured reverse drawing, Jun. 1869 (drawing also used for Frith Sands & Co., Jun. 1871).

Lindner & Co.:
Bed plate, feed pump and working gear - partially coloured reverse drawing, Jan. 1871; bed plate, working gear, pump shaft, blocks and crank disc - partially coloured reverse drawing, Jul. 1874.

Japan Mint:
Base frame and guides for engine with 20 inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke - partially coloured reverse drawing, Jun. 1872.

Andaman Islands:
Details of bed plate - partially coloured reverse drawing, Dec. 1873.

Singapore Water Works:
Base frame for engine and pump - partially coloured reverse drawing, Oct. 1874.

Esquimalt Graving Dock Engines, Canada:
Base frame - partially coloured drawing, Dec. 1875.

All the drawings bear letter codes.

See also: Portfolio 6/6 (base frames etc.).

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LanguageEnglish
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