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Samuel Greg & Co., Bury, 1834

Catalogue reference: MS 3147/5/1050

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MS 3147/5/1050

Title

Samuel Greg & Co., Bury, 1834

Date

1834

Description

Side Lever Boat Engines for Land (6 items).

1050. Samuel Greg & Co., Bury (RV). Oct., Nov. 1834. 6 items.
40 horse power side lever boat engine for land, with 35½ inch cylinder, 3½ foot stroke.

Coloured drawings by Wren & Bennett - longitudinal section of the engine house showing part of external wall of mill, plan of the engine house and shafts showing part of mill; reverse longitudinal section of the engine house, plan of the tunnel and covering stones, plan and transverse section of the engine house; metallic piston and rod - coloured original and reverse drawings (the original is marked "Benjamin Goodfellow's Patent"). The reverse drawings of the engine house bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 886. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 206.

For Samuel Greg & Co. Hudcar Mill, Bury, Lancashire. The mill was used for cotton spinning and weaving.

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Samuel Greg & Co., Bury, 1834