1780s Pumping Engine for the Coalbrookdale Company
Side view of pumping engine for the Coalbrookdale Company, Shropshire.
This massive engine, with a 66 inch cylinder, was built for Joseph Rathbone & Co., better known as the Coalbrookdale Co. The Coalbrookdale ...
1780s Pumping Engine for the Coalbrookdale Company
Top view of the beam of the pumping engine for the Coalbrookdale Company, Shropshire.
This massive engine, with a 66 inch cylinder, was built for Joseph Rathbone & Co., better known as the Coalbrookdale ...
1780s Rotative 'Sun & Planet' Pumping Engine for River Head Water Works
Proposed design of inside view of the rotative machinery and pump work, seen from the end of the engine house, at New River Head Water Works, London.
Some of Boulton & Watt’s first engines had been ...
1780s Rotative 'Sun and Planet' Pumping Engine for River Head Water Works
Proposed design for a pumping engine at New River Head Water Works, London.
Some of Boulton & Watt’s first engines had been supplied to London water works; in the 1780s they received several more ...
1780s Single-acting Engine for the Hallamanin Mine
Reverse plan and section and outside view of the beam of engine for the Hallamanin Mine, Cornwall.
Cornwall continued to be a major market for Boulton & Watt during the 1780s, and they supplied larger ...
1780s Steam Wheel
Drawing of steam wheel, circa 1781.
The steam wheel was Watt’s first design for using steam to create rotary (round and round) motion. The steam wheel was essentially a steam turbine. It consisted ...
1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Coates & Co.'s Oil Mill
Reverse section of 'sun & planet' engine for Coates & Co., Oil Mill, Hull, Yorkshire.
Henry Coates and John Jarratt bought this 7 horse power 'sun & planet' engine for their oil mill at Sculcoates, ...
1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Cotton Mill
Reverse general section of 'sun & planet' engine for George & James Robinson, Cotton Mill, Papplewick, Nottinghamshire.
George and James Robinson were father and son, and were the first cotton spinners ...
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 ...
179 Church Hill Road
Elsmere Villa School was run here by Miss Annie Sharp in 1898.
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 ...