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McCrum Leppers & Co., Belfast, 1809

Catalogue reference: MS 3147/5/409

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MS 3147/5/409
Title
McCrum Leppers & Co., Belfast, 1809
Date
1809
Description

Crank Engines. (7 items).

409. McCrum Leppers & Co., Belfast (LL). Jan. 1809. 7 items.
32 horse power double-acting crank engine, with 30¾ inch cylinder, 6 foot stroke, parallel motion, cast iron beam, cast iron connecting rod.

Reverse plan and sections of the engine and boiler houses and boilers - the longitudinal section has eccentric working gear pencilled in, external elevation of the engine and boiler houses (the plan is on the back of a watercolour of a ruined bridge, and 2 of the sections are on 2 halves of drawing HIA, working gear for the Tyne Iron Co., 1802); rough sketch plan of the premises with list of the partners on the reverse. All the drawings except the last item bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 599. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 78.

For John Vance, John McCrum and Charles and Francis Lepper, Belfast.

See also: 4/93 (Engine Order Book No. 7).

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Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
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McCrum Leppers & Co., Belfast, 1809