Thomas Fenton, Rothwell Haigh, 1782, 1783, 1798, 1806

Pumping and Canal Engines. (63 items).

551. Thomas Fenton, Rothwell Haigh. Mar. 1782, Jun.-Aug., Nov., Dec. 1783, Nov. 1798, Mar. 1806. 63 items.
Single-acting engine, with 53 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, chain connection, unequal beam. New air pump, condenser, cistern and working gear added 1798.

Drawings of Mar. 1782, showing engine with 54 inch cylinder: plan of the engine house and cylinder, front elevation of the engine house, section of the engine house.
Coloured original and reverse general section of the engine, inside front view of the engine with sections of the boiler and chimney (coloured original only), outside front view of the engine and boiler, ground plan of the engine and boiler and section across the middle of the boiler, plan of the engine and boiler from the 1st floor; plan and sections of the engine house - 2 sheets of reverse drawings, one dated Apr. and one Jun. 1783; plan and sections of the boiler - 2 sheets of reverse drawings, one dated Jun. and one Dec. 1783.
Eduction pipe - reverse drawing; martingales for cylinder end of beam, condenser and plug tree; cross bar and cap of piston rod - original and reverse drawings; beam strap ends and section of gland, cross bar of condenser rods etc. - original and reverse drawings; steam pipe; great chain links and catch pin - original and reverse drawings; plug tree and condenser chain links; section of piston knob through the screw - partially coloured reverse drawing; ends of upper boiler stays; ends of boiler stays - coloured original and reverse drawings; frame for fire door - original and reverse drawings; view of upper side of beam - coloured original drawing; pump rods - coloured original and reverse drawing; pumps [?]; injection working gear - front and side view, sheet of drawing of arms and levers etc. (original and reverse copies); working gear - partially coloured original and reverse front and side views and plan, side view and plan of the upper working gear; trigger, hand of the exhaustion Y shaft, arms, screw ends, hands, levers or detents, socket curves, catches etc. - 4 sheets of full size drawings with reverse copies; drawings showing position of regulator arms, levers, catches, hands etc. when the valves are shut - 2 sheets of full size drawings with reverse copies.
Also memorandum of proposed alterations, circa Nov. 1798; reverse drawings of new cistern, plan and section of new air pump and condenser, Nov. 1798; sketch of new valve brought by James Watt Jr., 22 Mar. 1806. The reverse drawings bear letter codes.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 32. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 286.

For Thomas Fenton. Rothwell Haigh Colliery, Rothwell, Yorkshire.

See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
Published references: Dickinson & Jenkins p. 184, plates LIV & LV - front and side view of working gear & side view of upper working gear.