1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Cotton Mill at Papplewick
Elevation of the Robinson’s Cotton Mill at Papplewick.
George and James Robinson were father and son, and were the first cotton spinners to have a Boulton & Watt engine powering their mill. The engine ...
1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Josiah Wedgwood
Reverse section of 'sun & planet' engine and clay mill for Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire.
The renowned potter Josiah Wedgwood, who was a member of the Lunar Society alongside Matthew Boulton ...
1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Josiah Wedgwood
Reverse plan of 'sun & planet' engine, boiler, hammers, pan and clay mill for Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire.
The renowned potter Josiah Wedgwood, who was a member of the Lunar Society alongside ...
1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for the Ironmaster John Wilkinson
General view of 'sun & planet' engine and side view of tilt hammer for John Wilkinson, Bradley, Shropshire.
One of the first applications for the rotative engine was working tilt hammers for hammering ...
1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for the Prince George Mine
General Section of Sun and Planet Engine for the Prince George Mine, Cornwall.
Nearly all the engines that Boulton & Watt sold in Cornwall were large pumping engines whose beams were connected directly ...
1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine mounted on a 4-wheeled Truck
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 ...
1790s
Reverse general section of 'Sun & Planet' engine for Don Fernando de Torres, Cadiz, Spain, January 1791.
Another European engine, this time for Spain. This was one of a handful of engines that Boulton ...
1790s 16 Horse Crank Engine for Cotton Mill in Oldham
16 horse crank engine for Sarah Dunkerley, Mumps Brook, Oldham, Lancashire, December 1798.
A few of Boulton & Watt’s engine customers were women. This engine was ordered by Joseph Dunkerley, for his ...
1790s 2 Horse Bell Crank Engine
Section and plan of 2 horse bell crank engine for G. Symonds, Reading, Berkshire, September 1799.
In the late 1780s, Boulton & Watt began to make small engines, of 3 horses power and under. They ...
1790s 20 and 9 Horse Power Rotative Engines for Gun Manufactory
20 and 9 Horse power engines for Henry P. Whately, Smethwick, January 1796.
An unusual arrangement of rotative engines at Henry P. Whately’s gun manufactory at French Walls in Smethwick. The upper ...
1790s 20 and 9 Horse Power Rotative Engines for Gun Manufactory
20 and 9 horse power engines for Henry P. Whately, Smethwick, January 1796.
An unusual arrangement of rotative engines at Henry P. Whately’s gun manufactory at French Walls in Smethwick. The upper ...
1790s 20 Horse Blowing Engine for Iron Works in Monmouthshire
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 ...
1790s 20 Horse Blowing Engine for Iron Works in Monmouthshire
Reverse Plan and Sections of the Blowing Cylinder for Fothergill & Co., Sirhowy Iron Works, Monmouthshire, South Wales, August 1799.
Boulton & Watt sold several blowing engines to the iron works ...
1790s 3 Horse Engine for Lead Mine in Anglesey
Reverse general view of 3 horse engine for Mona Mine, Anglesey, June 1790.
This small 3 horse engine with a A-shaped framing was for the Mona lead mine, at Parys Mountain, on Anglesey. It was one ...
1790s 40 Horse Engine for Cumbrian Colliery
Reverse general view of 40 horse engine for John Christian Curwen, Workington, Cumbria, January 1794.
During the 1790s Boulton & Watt engines used a variety of arrangements to work pumps to extract ...
1790s 6 Horse Crank Engine for Cockshead Colliery
General view of 6 horse crank engine for John Sparrow & Co., Cockshead Colliery, Norton–in–the–Moors, near Burslem, Staffordshire, August 1793.
This was the second engine supplied to Cockshead Colliery ...
1790s Blowing Engine for Furnaces in Cadiz, Spain
Section of blowing engine for Don Diego Gardoqui, Cadiz, Spain, 1793.
Boulton & Watt continued to supply engines for blast furnaces during the 1790s. This drawing shows the first of two blowing engines ...
1790s Blowing Engine for Furnaces in Cadiz, Spain
Plan of blowing engine for Don Diego Gardoqui, Cadiz, Spain, 1793.
Boulton & Watt continued to supply engines for blast furnaces during the 1790s. This drawing shows the first of two blowing engines ...