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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 Rathbo...
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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 ...
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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, Londo...
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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...
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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...
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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 ste...
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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 ...
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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 Robinso...
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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 ha...
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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 Josia...
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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...
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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 th...
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