1790s Double-acting Engine for Hebburn Colliery

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Date:January 1798

Description:General view of engine for Hebburn Colliery, County Durham, January 1798.

Another engine from the important North Eastern colliery market. These drawings show a double-acting engine with a 63 inch cylinder and the elaborate arrangement of beams and rods which were used to work the pumps, including a set of links and beams known as a V-bob, which was mounted within the pump shaft. The engine was situated at Hebburn Colliery.

This drawing is part of the Archives of Soho, held at Birmingham City Archives [Ref. MS3147/Portfolio/5/575]

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