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Woolwich Dockyard, London, 1839, 1840, 1842
Catalogue reference: MS 3147/5/663
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- MS 3147/5/663
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Title (The name of the record)
- Woolwich Dockyard, London, 1839, 1840, 1842
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1839, 1840, 1842
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Description (What the record is about)
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Dock and Harbour Engines (16 items).
Single-acting engine, with 36 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, parallel motion, [cast iron beam].
Reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses, longitudinal section of engine house and plan of tunnel, transverse sections of engine and boiler houses and boiler, longitudinal section of boiler, proposed external elevation of engine house and eastern end of smithery; 36 inch pump - partially coloured reverse drawings; plan and elevation of steam and feed pipes - original drawing and press copy; working gear bracket; pump for injection and filling tank - partially coloured reverse drawings; section of pump and well - reverse drawing; air vessel and delivery pipes for the 10 inch pump; small note re the main gudgeon; press copy sketch plan of the engine and boiler houses; pencil drawing of elevation of the eastern end of the smithery. Most of the reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 926. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 152.
For the Honourable the Commissioners of the Navy, ordered by James Walker. Pumping engine, Woolwich Dockyard.
See also: Portfolio 6/71.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/62c65d3f-932d-4811-a903-70ef47d565fa/
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MS 3147/5
DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES
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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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Woolwich Dockyard, London, 1839, 1840, 1842