Hawkesbury Colliery, Bedworth, 1797

Sun and Planet Engines. (10 items).

241c. Hawkesbury Colliery, Bedworth. Jan.-May 1797. 10 items.
8 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.

General view of the engine and winding gear, plans and sections of the engine, boiler and winding gear; plan and elevation of engine house and framing, showing winding gear and round boiler, marked "no use"; elevation of the engine framing and plan of the barrel and engine framing and boiler; cast iron socket for barrel, balance and corf barrels, shaft and framing, cast iron cross for the barrel shaft, small section of barrel. All the drawings are reverse copies and bear letter codes except the last item.

Catalogue of Old Engines p. 108.

For the proprietors of Hawkesbury Colliery, Bedworth, near Coventry, Warwickshire. Winding engine. The proprietor with whom Boulton & Watt usually dealt was Francis Parrott. This was the fourth engine for Hawkesbury Colliery. The first was a pumping engine with a 58 inch cylinder, in 1777, the second was the small 3 horse power engine above and the third was the 8 horse sun & planet engine above. Parrott wrote to Boulton & Watt on 31 Oct. 1796 asking for a winding engine similar to the one they already had, but no new Book appears to have been opened, and the drawings may have been placed in Book 181 with those of the earlier sun & planet engine.

See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.