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Charles Macintosh & Co., Manchester, 1825

Catalogue reference: MS 3147/5/1066

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MS 3147/5/1066

Title

Charles Macintosh & Co., Manchester, 1825

Date

1825

Description

Side Lever Boat Engines for Land (2 items).

1066. Charles Macintosh & Co., Manchester (UE). Feb. 1825. 2 items.
20 horse power side lever boat engine for land, with 26¾ inch cylinder, 2½ foot stroke.

Reverse plan of the engine house and boilers, cross-section of the engine house and longitudinal section of boiler, cross-section of boiler, longitudinal section of the engine house (4 drawings on 2 sheets, showing 4 engines). Both sheets bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 811. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 204.

For Charles Macintosh & Co. Mill, Manchester. The Catalogue of Old Engines states that this engine was alongside the 20 horse boat engine coded MK bought by Macintosh in 1835 [see Portfolio 5/1067]. Macintosh also bought a 30 horse engine, coded LY, in 1837 [see Portfolio 5/1052].

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Charles Macintosh & Co., Manchester, 1825