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Gillespie Gerard & Co. Lake Ontario Steamer, 1816
Catalogue reference: MS 3147/5/1214
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MS 3147/5/1214
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Title (The name of the record)
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Gillespie Gerard & Co. Lake Ontario Steamer, 1816
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Date (When the record was created)
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1816
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Description (What the record is about)
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Steam Boat Engines (3 items).
1214. Gillespie Gerard & Co., Lake Ontario Steamer (YA). Apr. 1816. 3 items.
50 horse power vertical boat engine, with 38 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke.Side view of the engine and one boiler, end view of the engine and one boiler, plan of the engine and boilers and shafts - reverse drawings. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 682. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 310.
For Lake Ontario, Canada. Gillespie Gerard & Co. of America Square, London were the agents. This was an unusual early type of boat engine first used for John Molson's Malsham in 1813-1814 [Portfolio 5/1240b], and used for this boat and the Lake Ontario steamer ordered by William Hodgson & Co. [see Portfolio 5/1213]; the drawings for the two Ontario engines were placed in the same book. The piston drove two cranks and fly wheels by means of a cross-bar and long side rods. It was also connected to an air pump beam.
See also: 4/95 (Engine Order Book No. 9).
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- Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
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MS 3147/5
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This record is held at Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
Within the fonds: MS 3147
Boulton and Watt Collection
Within the sub-fonds: MS 3147/3
Correspondence and Papers
Within the series: MS 3147/5
DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES
Within the sub-series: MS 3147/5/169
Walker Colliery, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Gillespie Gerard & Co. Lake Ontario Steamer, 1816