Liverpool Docks, 1825, 1826, 1828

Dock and Harbour Engines (17 items).

Two 20 horse power side lever boat engines for land, with 26¾ inch cylinders, 2½ foot strokes.

Reverse side view of the engine, longitudinal section of the boiler, plan of the engine and boiler with pump work pencilled in, cross-section of the engine house, cross-section of the boiler house and boiler; rough sketch of crank pin and fly shaft, with note from William Creighton to Abraham Storey attached; sketches of the pumps, pump shaft, pump rod straps - 4 small rough sketches; bell crank and apparatus for varying the length of the stroke - coloured original and coloured reverse drawings marked "Schemed Dec. 1826, this drawing made Jun. 1828"; rough sketch of blocks, plates etc. for the bell cranks, rough pencil sketch of bell crank; plans and sections of the pumps and gearing - reverse drawing; printed "Plan of the Proposed Alterations and Additions to the Docks and Basins in the Port and Town of Liverpool 1825" by Jesse Hartley; section showing situation of engine, pumps, water levels etc., 1 Mar. 1826; draft plan of the engine, boiler and pumps with note by William Bennett, 1 Mar. 1826; coloured plan and section on tracing paper of the proposed new docks, sent by Jesse Hartley, 2 Mar. 1826; memorandum of letters from and to Jesse Hartley, Jan.-Dec. 1826. The coloured original and reverse drawings bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 818. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 150.

For Liverpool Docks. Pumping engines. These drawings only show one engine, but the two were identical.