Headed estimate of the expense of erecting a rope manufactory

[Headed] Estimate of the Expense of erecting a Rope Manufactory in His Majesty's Dock Yard at Woolwich for Spinning and laying Cordage by Steam Engines & Machinery according to Grimshaw Webster & Co's Plan together with Storehouses for ... Tons of Hemp and ... Tons of Cordage the whole to be built fire proof and capable of manufacturing 10,000 Tons of Cordage per Annum working Day and Night [this actually comprises 'Memoranda' re building's structure and 'Drawings to be prepared for the Admiralty' with, on verso, sketch of 'Apparatus for an Experiment upon heating Tarr by Steam'/S Goodrich. Watermarked 1801]

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GOOD/A/0051
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