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William Lushington & Son, Trinidad, 1810

Catalogue reference: MS 3147/5/857

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MS 3147/5/857

Title

William Lushington & Son, Trinidad, 1810

Date

1810

Description

Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (4 items).

857. William Lushington & Son, Trinidad (ZM). Nov., Dec. 1810. 4 items.
10 horse power independent crank engine, with 19¾ inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.

Reverse side view of the engine and cross-section of boiler, plan of the engine and boiler, cross-section of the engine platform, longitudinal section of the boiler; map of the estate and sugar works, elevations and plans of the sugar works showing cattle mill, boiling house etc. - these 2 drawings are marked "copied from a drawing received at Soho Dec. 1810." The reverse drawings bear letter codes.

Original portfolio or 'Book' No. 640. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 218.

For William Lushington, Union Estate, Point à Pierre Quarter, Trinidad, West Indies. Sugar plantation engine ordered by William Lushington & Son.

See also: 4/93 (Engine Order Book No. 7).

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