1770s Pumping Engine for Hawkesbury Colliery, Bedworth
General section of pumping engine for Hawkesbury Colliery, Bedworth, Warwickshire.
When it was set to work in 1777, this single-acting engine with a 58 inch cylinder and 8 foot stroke was the largest ...
1770s Pumping Engine for Les Mines du Nord, Nantes
General Section of pumping engine for Les Mines du Nord, Nantes, France.
This single-acting 44 inch engine with an 8 foot stroke was the first Boulton & Watt engine erected in mainland Europe, less ...
1770s Pumping Engine for Wheal Chance, Cornwall
Beam of pumping engine for Wheal Chance, Cornwall.
This drawing illustrates a massive timber beam for a single-acting engine with a 63 inch cylinder and 9 foot stroke. Several trees were often used ...
1780s 3 Horse Power Engine for the Birmingham Canal Co.
Reverse side view of the chain pump powered by the Birmingham Canal Co.’s small engines, April 1789.
In the late 1780s, Boulton & Watt began to make small engines, of 3 horses power and under. They ...
1780s 3 Horse Power Engine for the Birmingham Canal Co.
Reverse general section of small engine for the Birmingham Canal Co.
In the late 1780s, Boulton & Watt began to make small engines, of 3 horses power and under. They were encouraged in this by John ...
1780s 4 Horse Power 'Sun & Planet' Engine
Plan of 4 horse 'sun & planet' engine for Henry Goodwyn & Co., London.
The engine erected at Henry Goodwyn & Co.’s brewery in East Smithfield, London, was the first Boulton & Watt rotative engine ...
1780s Blowing Engine for Donnington Wood Forge
Reverse general section of blowing engine for Donnington Wood, Shropshire.
As with pumping engines, Boulton & Watt’s orders for blowing engines for blast furnaces increased in the 1780s, and the engines ...
1780s Double Expansive Engine, Soho Manufactory
Plan and side view of the 'Double Expansive Engine', Soho Manufactory, by James Watt.
In 1781, James Watt paid considerable attention to utilising the expansive power of steam in his engines. He ...
1780s Double Expansive Engine's Equalizing Beam, Soho Manufactory
Drawing of the equalizing beam for the double expansive engine, Soho Manufactory.
In 1781, James Watt paid considerable attention to utilising the expansive power of steam in his engines. He may ...
1780s Double-acting Engine
First Drawing of the 'Small Reciprocating Engine' (Double-acting Engine) by James Watt.
The idea of using steam to push a piston both up and down, thus allowing an engine to make a powered stroke ...
1780s Double-acting Engine for the Wheal Fortune Copper Mine
Reverse outside front view of engine for Wheal Fortune Copper Mine, Cornwall.
Cornwall continued to be a major market for Boulton & Watt during the 1780s, and they supplied larger and ever more powerful ...
1780s Double-acting Engine for Wheal Fortune Copper Mine
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 ...
1780s Double-acting Engine to replace Coates & Co.'s Horse Gin and Millwork
Drawing of Coates & Co.’s Horse Gin and Millwork to be replaced by a double-acting engine.
Henry Coates and John Jarratt bought this 7 horse power sun & planet engine for their oil mill at Sculcoates, ...
1780s Double-acting Engine's Working Gear, Soho Manufactory
Drawing of the working gear of the double-acting engine, Soho Manufactory.
The idea of using steam to push a piston both up and down, thus allowing an engine to make a powered stroke in both directions, ...
1780s Double-acting Pumping Engine at River Head Works replaced this Atmospheric Engine Designed by John Smeaton in the 1760s
Upright section of atmospheric engine, at New River Head Water Works, London.
Until the installation of the Boulton & Watt 32 inch engine in 1785, this engine was used to pump water at the New River ...
1780s Double-acting Pumping Engine for River Head Water Works
General view of pumping engine for New River Head Water Works, London, [Portfolio 5/1090]
This drawing shows a typical Boulton & Watt pumping engine of the 1780s and 1790s. The engine was double-acting, ...
1780s Double-acting Sun & Planet Engine for a Tobacco & Snuff Mill
Top part of drawing of elevation and plans of Messrs. Fish & Yates’ Tobacco and Snuff Mill, London.
Samuel Fish and John Yates bought an 8 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with a 16 ...
1780s Double-acting Sun & Planet Engine for a Tobacco and Snuff Mill
Lower part of drawing of elevation and plans of Messrs. Fish & Yates’ Tobacco and Snuff Mill, London.
Samuel Fish and John Yates bought an 8 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with a ...