Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Side view of the winding barrel and spiral.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied to mine winding. It was ordered for Ecton copper mine in Derbyshire. The mine was owned by the Duke of ...
Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Different views of the boiler, its seating and fire place.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied to mine winding. It was ordered for Ecton copper mine in Derbyshire. The mine was owned ...
Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Drawing 'No.6' of the front view of the pit framing of the winding engine 'taken as looking in direction from (x) in No.2'
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied to mine winding. It was ...
Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Drawing 'No.5' of the front view of the engine and section of the boiler and seating.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied to mine winding. It was ordered for Ecton copper mine in Derbyshire. ...
Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Drawing 'No.1' of the general section of the engine for winding ore etc. out of the Mine at Ecton, belonging to His Grace The Duke of Devonshire.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied ...
Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Views of the engine framing.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied to mine winding. It was ordered for Ecton copper mine in Derbyshire. The mine was owned by the Duke of Devonshire, and ...
Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Drawing 'No.4' of the plan of the boiler top, spring beams, pit framing, etc.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied to mine winding. It was ordered for Ecton copper mine in Derbyshire. ...
Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Drawing 'No.2' of the ground plan of the engine and 'No.3' side view of the pit framing, of the barrel and spiral, and outside view of part of the engine house.
These drawings show the winding barrel ...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Photograph of the designer of the Great Eastern, showing anchor chains of the ship. Photographed by Robert Howlett; albumen print, 1857.
James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw ...
Mr Vale, an employee at Soho
This photograph is labelled 'Mr Vale, the last employee of Soho Manufactory'. However it cannot have been taken at Soho Manufactory as it was demolished in the 1860s and this photograph is later than ...
Narrow by-way from Queenshead Lane
Narrow by-way from Queenshead Lane to Boulton Road c1908 from a negative by W.O.Brooke
Pooley's Cotton Mill
Drawing of the parallel motion, February 1798.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine for a cotton mill. It was ordered by John Pooley and his partners for their cotton mill in Hulme, South Manchester ...
Soho Manufactory, Handsworth
An early photograph of the Soho Manufactory.
Soho Foundry 1797 Inventory
This inventory appears in its entirety, page by page.
Boulton & Watt had this factory built in 1796, specifically for the manufacture of their steam engines. This part of their business grew substantially ...
Soho Foundry 1897 Inventory
This inventory appears in its entirety, page by page.
'Inventory of the Plant and Machinery in the Engineering, Foundry, and Smithy Departments (including tools, &c. in Smithy), at the Soho Foundry, ...
Soho Foundry 1897 Inventory
This inventory can be seen in its entirety, page by page, in 'Handsworth Histories' in the Gallery section.
Introductury page of 'Inventory of the Plant and Machinery in the Engineering, Foundry, and ...
Soho House
Matthew Boulton lived here and owned a factory nearby that was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. It was the meeting place for the Lunar Society. This is a part of history I have been able to ...
Soho House, Handsworth
Soho House, Handsworth. The former home of Matthew Boulton it was extensively remodelled by him in the 1790s using the architects James and Samual Wyatt.
This view of 1866 is from Samuel Smiles book ...