1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine mounted on a 4-wheeled Truck

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Date:May 1788

Description:Reverse section of portable 'sun & planet' engine for Reynolds & Co., Ketley, Shropshire.

Reynolds & Co. ordered two of these highly unusual engines for winding coal from mines. The engines were of 3 horses power, with 10 inch cylinders and 3 foot strokes. The drawing shows the engine mounted on a 4-wheeled truck, with the winding barrel at the front and the boiler at the back. This was one of the first small engines made by Boulton & Watt.

This drawing is part of the Archives of Soho collection, which is held by Birmingham City Archives [Ref. MS3147/Portfolio/5/30]

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

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