Davidson & Graham, Jamaica and St. Lucia, 1815, 1816

Independent Beam (Crank) Engines (3 items).

887. Davidson & Graham, Jamaica (ZBK & DK). Jan., Mar. 1815, May 1816. 3 items.
ZBK: 10 horse power independent crank engine, with 19¾ inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
DK: 8 horse power independent crank engine, with 17? inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.

Reverse side view of the engine, plan of the engine and boiler, cross-section of the engine and boiler, longitudinal section of the boiler; coloured plan of the 10 horse engine, mill, boiler, well etc. sent by Davidson & Graham, Jan. 1815. The reverse drawings bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 690. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 222, 226.

For Robert H. Gordon, Cromwell Estate, Jamaica (engine ZBK) and for the Canefield Estate, Jamaica (engine DK). Sugar plantation engines ordered by Davidson & Graham. The drawings were made in Mar. 1815 for Gordon's engine, and re-used in 1816 for the Canefield Estate engine, despite the fact that this engine was of a different power. The drawings subsequently bear two sets of dimensions. Note that the Canefield Estate engine was also marked "DP" for shipping. In the Catalogue of Old Engines, Henry Hazleton assigns another engine for Davidson & Graham, marked EU and made in 1818 to this set of drawings.

See also: 4/94 (Engine Order Book No. 8 - Engine ZBK).
4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9 - Engine DK).