1770s Pumping Engine for 'Ale & Cakes Mine', Cornwall

Section of pumping engine house and sections of the boiler, for the 'Ale & Cakes Mine' Cornwall. Ale & Cakes Mine was part of the group of Cor...

1770s Pumping Engine for Chacewater Mine, Cornwall

General section of pumping engine for Chacewater Mine, Cornwall. This was the first Boulton & Watt engine erected in Cornwall, although it was ...

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...

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 ...

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 durin...

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 duri...

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...

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 wer...

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 e...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...