Sir J. W. Lubbock & Co., Seville Steamer El Rapido, 1841—1843, 1845, 1849, 1850,...

Steam Boat Engines (31 items).

1187. Sir J. W. Lubbock & Co., Seville Steamer El Rapido (KT & KU). Nov. 1841, Jan. 1842, Mar. 1843, May 1845, Nov. 1849, Jan. 1850, Sep. 1857. 31 items.
Two 60 horse side lever boat engines with 50 horse engine framing.

Midship cross-section of the boat and engines, longitudinal section of the engine room and boiler and view of trussing (partially coloured), plan of the sleepers and pipes etc. (partially coloured) - reverse drawings made in the London office; section and plan of boiler - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings made in the London office; midship section of one engine and paddle wheel; blow-out and feed pipes, working gear, side view of engine - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings made in the London office; memorandum -"Copy of part of the Specification of Scantlings etc."; press copy "Memo. respecting the Seville Engines"; press copy sketch of lower headstock; press copy sketch of steam box. All the drawings except the first 3 and last 4 items bear letter codes.
Also the following later items: upper and lower headstocks - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings, Mar. 1843; boiler no. 2 - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings made in the London office, May 1845; boiler no. 3 - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings made in the London office, Nov. 1849; feed and blow-out pipes - partially coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings, Jan. 1850; safety valve gear (not dated, 1850s?); sections and plans of tubular boiler, sections and plans of boat showing arrangement of tubular boiler - coloured original and partially coloured reverse drawings made in the London office, Sep. 1857. All of these drawings except that of the safety valve gear bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 939. Catalogue Of Old Engines p. 322.

For Sir John W. Lubbock Bart. & Co. The boat operated out of Seville in Spain along the River Guadalquiver to the sea, and is listed under "Lubbock" in the Drawing Office Index.