John Taylor's Records of Mining (1829) Chapter 'On Pumps used in Mines'
pp125-39 has a useful and detailed sectional view of an engine shaft from
surface to sump showing all the components of the pitwork neatly labelled
and described in the text, including lifts, clacks, windbores, stuffing box,
plungers etc. (illustrations are at the back of the book).
I can send the pages as PDF if you can't find it on the internet.
Phil
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From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Robert Waterhouse
Sent: 19 November 2013 10:59
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Subject: Early C19 pumping machinery design
Dear List,
Can anyone tell me how (if at all) very early C19 pumping machinery in
shafts differed from the later (ie: c.1840-1900) setups, as shown in the
Harveys and Williams catalogues.
I am aware that they were bucket-lifts, plungers being a later refinement,
but don't know whether cast iron valve chests were in use, or even what they
and their pipework looked like.
I am trying to draw accurate elevations of such things for a book
illustration and don't want to get anything wrong - I know how pedantic
mining historians can be - I am one after all!
The geographical area concerned is Devon/Cornwall.
Yours,
Robert Waterhouse
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