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50 Horse Power Screw Propeller Engines, 1851

Catalogue reference: MS 3147/5/1280/l

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MS 3147/5/1280/l
Title
50 Horse Power Screw Propeller Engines, 1851
Date
1851
Description

General Boat Engine Drawings (5 items).

1280l. 50 Horse Power Screw Propeller Engines. Jun., Aug., Sep. 1851. 5 items.
Two 50 horse power horizontal engines, with 30¾ inch cylinders, 2 foot strokes.

Plan of the engines, sections of the cylinder etc. - partially coloured reverse drawing marked "1st Sketch of Screw 50s"; plans and side view of the engines - coloured reverse drawing; sections and plans of the cylinders etc., plans and sections of air pump - partially coloured reverse drawings; unmarked draft [?] drawing of cylinders etc. All the drawings were made in the London office and sent to Soho in Dec. 1851.

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Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
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50 Horse Power Screw Propeller Engines, 1851