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Fort Hargreaves & Co., Oakenshaw, 1806, 1807

Catalogue reference: MS 3147/5/386

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MS 3147/5/386
Title
Fort Hargreaves & Co., Oakenshaw, 1806, 1807
Date
1806 - 1807
Description

Crank Engines. (8 items).

386. Fort Hargreaves & Co., Oakenshaw (SS). Aug. 1806, May, Jun., Sep. 1807. 8 items.
20 horse power crank engine, with 23¾ inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.
Also dyeing apparatus, 1807.

Reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and boiler. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Also the following items re dyeing apparatus: list of pumps, cocks, pipes, valves and 20 horse boiler wanted, 23 May 1807; plan and elevation of the dyehouse, boiler house and engine, showing pipes, dye vessels etc., dated Jun. 1807 with later alterations stuck on; later plan and elevation of the dyehouse, boiler house and engine, showing pipes, apparatus etc., dated 16 Sep. 1807.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 563. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 92.

For Fort Hargreaves & Co. Calico printers, Oakenshaw, near Blackburn.

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Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
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Fort Hargreaves & Co., Oakenshaw, 1806, 1807