Items found at Hayes Store

Items found at Hayes Store, to be retained in the hope of finding out to which objects they belong. Note that these objects may be in other collections

1 3/8" bolt with rod attached, stamped "bolt for withdrawing gland packing", with nut, washer and 3 (ill-fitting) spacers

Countershaft with iron pulley and wooden drum and pair of bearings and ceiling hangers

1860

Pair of wall-mounting shaft bearings to suit 1 1/2" shaft, and striking rod. The shaft must be about 31" between bearing centres, c. 1840

Pair of wall-mounting shaft bearings to suit 1 1/2" shaft

1840

Shaft with fast & loose pulleys, dog coupling and 2 bearings

Shaft with fast & loose pulleys

Pair of fast & loose wheels, the fastwheel with a handle, 9 7/8" dia, 1 3/8" face to fit 3/4" shaft

Pair of fast & loose wheels

18 circular slot-weights; 2 weighted hangers & broken hook from a third, another hanger (may be from another set); all found with 1925-687 but thought not to belong

18 circular slot-weights; 2 weighted hangers & broken hook from a third

Incomplete apparatus, comprising of iron bed with 2 sliding punches, screw with handwheel and stop

Iron bed with 2 sliding punches

Iron column with 2 perforated lugs at the top; may not be "machinery" at all

Iron column with 2 perforated lugs at the top

Cast iron fitting with forked top, circular base and screwed stem. Found with 1928-1082 but does not belong

Cast iron fitting with forked top

Iron wheel running on a pin on the end of an iron arm, c. 1820. Perhaps from a mule

Iron wheel running on a pin on the end of an iron arm

Two heavy wooden (lignum vitae ?) rollers on iron shafts (one with a squared end), probably from a calendar or mangle. Found with 1934-655

Two heavy wooden (lignum vitae ?) rollers on iron

Bronze Manifold with pressure gauge (0-60 p.s.i.) and 5 cocks (3 with spanners); probably for compressed air

Bronze Manifold with pressure gauge (0-60 p.s.i.)

A pair of bronze drain or indicator cocks (probably for a steam engine) with pipework that sets them at 13 1/2" centres; tapered thread about 5/8" by about 24 t.p.i.; and a bronze lubricating cup and elbow, tapered thread about 1" by about 14 t.p.i.

A pair of bronze drain or indicator cocks

Curved cover of wooden battens 32" long between iron strips bent to about 7" radius & another wooden cover of similar length, all perhaps from a carding engine, distressed; an elm roller about 13 1/2" long and 2 3/4" diameter with iron pivots, perhaps from a small loom; and another wooden batten. All found with 1934-655 but do not belong

Curved cover of wooden battens

A plywood board, 19" by 12", with metal fittings to mount on some machine, carrying sheets of carborundum paper to form a lap

Plywood board

Metal bracket

Steel rod 30" x 5/8" diameter with cast fitting clamped by a thumb screw, almost certainly the stop of a power hacksaw; and another length of 5/8" diameter rod with end bent back & 2 collars and spring: perhaps a stop, knock-off or striking rod from a machine tool

Steel rod 30" x 5/8" diameter with cast fitting clamped by a thumb screw

Steel shaft 56" long, 1 1/2" diameter, with 2 journals reduced to 1 1/4" at about 37" centres; one journal is at an end and the other is fitted in a self-aligning plummer block marked COOPER (?) PATENT. 2 shafts, lengths 5" and 16 3/4", each with a socket end about 1 1/4" bore and the other end 3/4" diameter formed into 4 splines (possibly motor-car parts); 3 1 1/4" Whitworth nuts; one square and one round washer; an iron piece like a gate pintle; a shackle without a pin, and a spindle 13 1/4" long with male centre one end and female centre at the other. Found with 1931-195 but do not belong

Steel shaft 56" long with metal components

2 wire tension-springs, found with 1920-810 but do not belong

2 wire tension-springs

An iron bar about 19 " x 1 3/4" x 1/4" with swellings for 2 holes about 2 1/8" diameter at 10" centres drifted, 6 machine keys and a broken light-alloy casting. Found with 1930-369 but almost certainly do not belong

An iron bar about 19 " x 1 3/4" x 1/4" with swellings for 2 holes about 2 1/8" diameter at 10" centres drifted

A quantity of machine parts found in Hayes bay 1 near to 1993-614; includes ratchet fittings, iron castings with slotted holes & a pair of cast gear wheels (one made-up to match the other) suggesting a textile machine

Various machine parts from Hayes Store

Two wooden blocks each with a wooden pulley sheave let in, and another wood slip probably associated. NB the pivot pins are like those of ships' blocks

Two wooden blocks each with a wooden pulley sheave let in

Pair of copper syphon-pipes to pressure gauges, probably from a steam engine

Pair of copper syphon-pipes to pressure gauges

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Category:: Motive Power

Object Number:: 1993-1593

type:: collection

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