Agreement for erecting a steam engine at Ravenhead near Prescot in County of Lancaster

Made:
1788 Sept 1
maker:
Boulton, Watt & Company and British Cast Plate Glass Company
Agreement for erecting a steam engine at Ravenhead near Prescot in County of Lancaster

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Agreement for erecting a steam engine at Ravenhead near Prescot in County of Lancaster, 1788 Sept 1. [Signed by James Watt and Matthew Boulton, and by Herbert Mackworth, governor of the company of British cast plate glass manufacturers of Ravenhead, being an indenture of agreement to erect a 14hp steam engine there. 1 sheet, ms. on vellum]

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Category:
Archive
Object Number:
1971-466
Measurements:
560 x 770mm
type:
indenture of agreement
credit:
Sotheby and Compan

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