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Vernon Royle, Manchester, 1825

Catalogue reference: MS 3147/5/495

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MS 3147/5/495
Title
Vernon Royle, Manchester, 1825
Date
1825
Description

Crank Engines. (4 items).

495. Vernon Royle, Manchester (YN). Mar., Apr. 1825. 4 items.
36 horse power crank engine, with 30¾ inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.

Reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and boilers, plan of the tunnel; partially coloured plan and section of the engine and 1 boiler, sent by James Fairweather, 19 Mar. 1825. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 791. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 94.

For Vernon Royle. Silk mill, Manchester. The engine was actually made in 1819, but not appropriated to to Royle until Apr. 1825.

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

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