Polgooth, 1783, 1821

Cornish Mine Engines (10 items).

1324. Polgooth. May-Aug., Dec. 1783, Nov. 1821. 10 items.
Single-acting engine, with 63 inch cylinder, 9 foot stroke, chain connection. Engine formerly belonged to Wheal Chance.

General view of the engine and plan of the engine and boiler, inside front view of the engine and longitudinal section of the boiler - reverse drawings; plan and sections of the engine house (drawing marked on the back "This drawing of Polgooth Engine house was afterwards altered"), plan of the engine house, sections of the engine house (later drawing) - reverse drawings; section and plan of cylinder lid - drawing originally made for Poldice No. 3; section and plan of the boiler and side and end views of the beam - reverse drawing; socket of steam pipe; working barrel.
Also the following later item: overshot wheel made by William Murdock, marked "described Nov. 1821".

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 37. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 300, 302.

For Polgooth Mine. The engine originally belonged to Wheal Chance, where it worked from Apr. 1780 to Jun. 1783. Polgooth bought most of the engine materials, but new timbers for the beam were supplied, and the engine may also have had a new cylinder fitted, as the first section of the List of Engines made at Soho records a 63 inch cylinder for Polgooth in 1783, while letters from the shipping agent Thomas Beckett mention a piston rod for Polgooth being shipped in late 1783. According to the List of Engines made at Soho, the engine worked at Polgooth from Mar. 1784 to Oct. 1796, when "a 66 [inch engine] intended by Bull for Poldice [was] erected in its place." Henry Hazleton listed this engine twice in the Catalogue of Old Engines.

See also: Portfolio 5/1292.