Chatham Dockyard, 1841

Dock and Harbour Engines (11 items).

16 horse independent crank engine, with [21¼ inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke], parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.

Reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses, longitudinal section of the engine house, longitudinal section of boiler house and boiler, cross-section of the engine and boiler houses and boilers; "double rigger" wheel - original and reverse drawings; bevel mortice wheel; rigger wheel for the cam shaft - original and reverse drawings (the original has a note from William S. Garland to Richard Lewis attached); coloured plan and section of the engine and boiler houses - not coded or dated (sent to Boulton Watt & Co.?); coloured plan of the proposed engine and boiler houses and section of the floor line - signed by W. W. Mantell [?], Capt., Royal Engineers, 7 Apr. 1841. All the drawings except the last 2 items.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 933. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 152.

For the Honourable the Commissioners of the Navy. Smithery engine, Chatham Dockyard. The engine was originally made as a 14 horse in 1836, but converted to a 16 horse when it was sold to Chatham Dock Yard in 1841.

See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9).
Portfolio 7/9b.