INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY

Series One: The Boulton & Watt Archive and the Matthew Boulton Papers from

Birmingham Central Library

Part 2: Muirhead I - Notebooks and Papers of James Watt and Family

Part 3: Engineering Drawings - Sun and Planet Type, c.1775-1802

Detailed Listing - Part 3

Note of Explanation:

The following list has been compiled from the Catalogue of Old Engines (which is reproduced at the start of Reel 29).

Data is provided under the following headings which run across a double page:

On the verso:

Portfolio Number

Approximate Number of Drawings in that particular portfolio.

Earliest Date on the Drawings

Number of Engines covered in that particular portfolio.

Type of Engine  S = Single Acting      D = Double Acting

Cylinder Diameter x Stroke

Horse Power

RPM = Revolutions per minute

On the recto (and relating to entries on the left hand page) :

Owner of the Engine

Other Details 

This frequently gives information about the use of the engine eg: was it for a Flour Mill, a Cotton Mill, a Brewery, a Distillery etc; any subsequent sale of the engine; site and location of the engine; amounts paid; height and weight and any other useful details.

Please click here to download a PDF of the Detailed Listing to Part 3 (49 pages)

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