File
Dolcoath, 1780
Catalogue reference: MS 3147/5/1321
What’s it about?
This record is a file about the Dolcoath, 1780 dating from 1780.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MS 3147/5/1321
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Dolcoath, 1780
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1780
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Cornish Mine Engines (7 items).
1321. Dolcoath. May, Jun. 1780. 7 items.
Single-acting engine, with 63 inch cylinder, 9 foot stroke, chain connection.General view of the engine, outside front view of the engine and part of the round boiler, inside front view of the engine and cross-section of the boiler - reverse drawings; plan of the engine and boiler; section of the engine house; eduction pipe - reverse drawing; parts of valves [?] - untitled drawing, with part from Wheal Chance engine on the same sheet.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 20. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 302.
For Dolcoath Mine. According to the List of Engines made at Soho, the engine was stopped in Apr. 1789 and moved to Wheal Gons, where it began work in May 1789. It was still at work there in May 1798.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/9b1e4476-87e4-4b2a-be8f-9e8031a7f952/
Series information
MS 3147/5
DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
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
You are currently looking at the file: MS 3147/5/1321
Dolcoath, 1780