Frame with Plug Rod Guide
Frame (6 pieces bolted together) with plug rod guide and crankshaft bearings complete, with crankshaft with spur pinion and feed pump pin staked on
Early high pressure steam engine and feed water heater of Trevithick type
- Made:
- 1840-50 in unknown place
Early high pressure steam engine and feed water heater of Trevithick type, colloquially referred to as the Ingestre engine, 1840-50 but quite possibly earlier.
This engine was employed for general purposes at a salt works at Ingestre, near Stafford, for upwards of half a century; it was disused since 1882, when the works were closed down. It is said to have been removed thither from Brereton, near Rugeley, where it had been used in winding from a coal pit. Nothing is known as to the maker of the engine, but it exhibits several features that were peculiar to the designs of Richard Trevithick, the pioneer in the adoption of high-pressure steam, some of whose engines are known to have been constructed at Bridgnorth about 1815.
Details
- Category:
- Motive Power
- Object Number:
- 1911-80
- Materials:
- cast iron, wrought iron and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- type:
- steam engine
- credit:
- Shrewsbury and Talbot, Earl of
Parts
Flywheel with counterweight bolted on
Flywheel with counterweight bolted on
Spur wheel with hoop-iron rim put on
Spur wheel with hoop-iron rim put on
- Object Number:
- 1911-80/3
- type:
- wheel
Steam Cylinder on Bedplate
Steam cylinder on bedplate with cover, piston, rod and crosshead and guide bars with nuts, and plug cock with spanner and brace to keep it up and leather strap (perished); 3 nuts & bolts and a piece of flange of the steam pipe branch are in place
- Object Number:
- 1911-80/4
- type:
- steam cylinder
Tie for Upper Ends of Guide Box
Tie for upper ends of guide box and 4 long rod stays each with a washer and nut.
- Object Number:
- 1911-80/5
- type:
- tie
Plug Rod with Dissimilar Tappets
Plug rod with two dissimilar tappets. NB the pin on which this should hang is missing.
- Object Number:
- 1911-80/6
- type:
- rod
Two connecting rods
Two connecting rods, each with loop, brasses, two gibs and cotter for the upper end.
- Object Number:
- 1911-80/7
- type:
- rod
Brasses for Lower Ends of Connecting Rods
Two pairs of brasses for lower ends of connecting rods, and 2 make-up pieces, 2 gibs and one cotter. NB each rod should have 2 gibs.
- Object Number:
- 1911-80/8
- type:
- brasses
Feed pump with fitting to secure it
Feed pump with fitting to secure it (NB, suctionlimb and flange of delivery pipe are broken away); plunger and rod of pump and guide for bail of plunger; delivery elbow with piece of broken flange attached and another piece of broken flange
- Object Number:
- 1911-80/9
- type:
- pump
Steam shut-off cock with brace to hold plug up but no spanner
Steam shut-off cock with brace to hold plug up but no spanner, a tie piece with blanking plate and another piece of steam pipe (to fit to /4) all bolted together
- Object Number:
- 1911-80/10
- type:
- shut-off cock
Three Exhaust Pipe Assemblies
3 exhaust pipe assemblies as follows : short length to fit /4 with 2 modern (?) bolts & nuts, bolted to elbow, bolted to straight length, bolted to broken elbow; flange from the said elbow, bolted to straight length, bolted to broken-off flange; short length with only one flange bolted to broken elbow that fits to /12. NB there must be a length missing between the 2nd and 3rd items
- Object Number:
- 1911-80/11
- type:
- exhaust pipes
Feed-water heater
Feed-water heater; flange from end of exhaust pipe is attached (see /11); plug-cock on feed water pipe attached loosely (piece of flange broken away) and has no spanner; one piece of iron gland joint and lead caulking at other end (see /13).
2 lug pieces
2 lug pieces (breaks match piece on end of /12) and 2 pieces of gland with ringt bolts from feed moter pipe joint
Four Bolts with Nuts and Washers
Four bolts with nuts & washers for securing /4 to /1
- Object Number:
- 1911-80/14
- type:
- bolt
A quantity of bolts, nuts and plates.
A quantity of bolts, nuts, plates etc of unknown purpose. Most of these are too modern to be original parts of this engine but may belong to 1945-72 (see files)
