Heslop's winding and pumping engine

Made:
1795 in Whitehaven
maker:
Lowca Engineering Works

Heslop's winding and pumping engine, 1795. The winding and pumping engine was erected about 1795 by Adam Heslop at Kells Pit, Whitehaven, where it worked for many years; subsequently used at other pits (Castlerigg Pit?; 1837, Wreah Pit, Whingill?). The arrangement is a combination of a single acting high-pressure cylinder with a Newcomen cylinder; patented by Heslop in 1790, although it would appear to have been an infringement of Watt's patent for the separate condenser which remained in force till 1800. Made at the Lowca Foundry/Engineering Works c. 1790.

Details

Category:
Motive Power
Object Number:
1878-94
type:
stationary engine
credit:
The Earl of Lonsdale

Parts

2 bottom cills for frame

2 bottom cills for frame

Object Number:
1878-94/1
type:
frame
4 oblique uprights supporting centres of spring beams

4 oblique uprights supporting centres of spring beams

Object Number:
1878-94/2
type:
uprights
4 uprights supporting ends of spring beams

4 uprights supporting ends of spring beams

Object Number:
1878-94/3
type:
uprights
Transom and other transverse timbers (6 in all)

Transom and other transverse timbers (6 in all)

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
1878-94/4
type:
timbers
2 spring beams and 2 side plates for frame

2 spring beams and 2 side plates for frame

Object Number:
1878-94/5
type:
frame
4 corner-blocks for frame and various other make-up pieces in wood

4 corner-blocks for frame and various other make-up pieces in wood

Object Number:
1878-94/6
type:
block
Four Long Stay-Bolts for Frame

Four Long Stay-Bolts for Frame

Object Number:
1878-94/7
type:
stay-bolt
Holding down bolts

Holding down bolts

Object Number:
1878-94/8
type:
bolt
Plummer blocks for Gudgeon complete with brasses

Plummer blocks for Gudgeon complete with brasses

Object Number:
1878-94/9
type:
block
Working Beam

Working Beam

Object Number:
1878-94/10
type:
beam
2 beams to support cistern

2 beams to support cistern

Object Number:
1878-94/11
type:
beam
Cistern

Cistern

Object Number:
1878-94/12
type:
cisterns
2 blocks to support cold cylinder and 2 boards to reduce hole in cistern

2 blocks to support cold cylinder and 2 boards to reduce hole in cistern

Object Number:
1878-94/13
type:
block
Shaft Neck Bearing with Two Brasses

Shaft Neck Bearing with Two Brasses

Object Number:
1878-94/14
type:
shaft
Plummer Block for Neck Bearing

Plummer Block for Neck Bearing

Object Number:
1878-94/15
type:
block
Shaft and crank

Shaft and crank

Object Number:
1878-94/16
type:
shaft
Half flywheel

Half flywheel

Object Number:
1878-94/17
type:
flywheel
Pinion

Pinion

Object Number:
1878-94/18
type:
pinion
Sweep rod

Sweep rod

Object Number:
1878-94/19
type:
rod
Short connecting rods for 'hot' cylinder

Short connecting rods for 'hot' cylinder

Object Number:
1878-94/20
type:
cylinder
Pistons, Rod and Crosshead for 'Hot' Cylinder

Pistons, Rod and Crosshead for 'Hot' Cylinder

Object Number:
1878-94/21
type:
cylinder
'hot' cylinder

'hot' cylinder

Object Number:
1878-94/22
type:
cylinder
Long Connecting Rods for 'Cold' Cylinder

Long Connecting Rods for 'Cold' Cylinder

Object Number:
1878-94/23
type:
cylinder
Pistons for 'Cold' Cylinder

Pistons for 'Cold' Cylinder

Object Number:
1878-94/24
type:
cylinder
'Cold' Cylinder

'Cold' Cylinder

Object Number:
1878-94/25
type:
cylinder
Two pairs of crosshead girders

Two pairs of crosshead girders

Object Number:
1878-94/26
type:
girders
Nozzles with Two Valves and Cotters to Valve Spindles

Nozzles with Two Valves and Cotters to Valve Spindles

Object Number:
1878-94/27
type:
nozzles
Crossover Pipe in Separate Lengths.

Crossover Pipe in Separate Lengths.

Object Number:
1878-94/28
type:
pipe
Eduction Pipe with Snift Valve

Eduction Pipe with Snift Valve

Object Number:
1878-94/29
type:
pipe
Final Length of Eduction Pipe and Trap Chamber

Final Length of Eduction Pipe and Trap Chamber

Object Number:
1878-94/30
type:
pipe
Air Pump Bolted to Bearing Timber

Air Pump Bolted to Bearing Timber

Object Number:
1878-94/31
type:
air pump
House pump

House pump

Object Number:
1878-94/32
type:
pump
Feed pump

Feed pump

Object Number:
1878-94/33
type:
pump
Plug Rod with Clevis and Cotter

Plug Rod with Clevis and Cotter

Object Number:
1878-94/34
type:
rod
2 valve arbors

2 valve arbors

Object Number:
1878-94/35
type:
arbors
Trough for cross-over pipe

Trough for cross-over pipe

Object Number:
1878-94/36
type:
pipe