1780s Double-acting Engine for Wheal Fortune Copper Mine

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Date:April 1785

Description:General section of engine for Wheal Fortune Copper Mine, Cornwall, April 1785.

Cornwall continued to be a major market for Boulton & Watt during the 1780s, and they supplied larger and ever more powerful engines as the mines went deeper. This was a powerful double-acting engine with a 5 inch cylinder.

This drawing is part of the Archives of Soho collection, which is held by Birmingham City Archives [Ref. MS3147/Portfolio/5/1301]

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Watt, James Mining & Minerals Mechanical Engineering Drawings Boulton, Matthew 1766 - 1800 (Mid-Georgian period & the Industrial Revolution

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