1790s 20 Horse Blowing Engine for Iron Works in Monmouthshire

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Date:August 1799

Description:General view of 20 horse engine and blowing cylinder for Fothergill & Co., Sirhowy Iron Works, Monmouthshire, South Wales, August 1799.

Boulton & Watt sold several blowing engines to the iron works of South Wales. This example, for Fothergill & Co. of the Sirhowy Iron Works, was also used to power other machinery, which was driven by a crank shaft worked by the second beam to the right of the engine. This was a 20 horse power engine, and the blowing cylinder was 52 inches in diameter.

This drawing is part of the Archives of Soho, held at Birmingham City Archives [Ref. MS3147/Portfolio/5/685]

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Watt, James Paintings, Prints & Drawings Metal Work Mechanical Engineering Handsworth Drawings Boulton, Matthew 1766 - 1800 (Mid-Georgian period & the Industrial Revolution

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