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JS - Working design drawings of civil engineering projects by John Smeaton

1 - Volume I - Mills and mill-work drawings by John Smeaton

2 - Volume II - Mills and machines drawings by John Smeaton

1v - Plan for a double paper mill for Mr Curteis at Carshalton

2 - Elevation of the upright axis for the paper mill of Mr Curteis at Carshalton

2v - Elevation of the water wheels for the paper-mill of Mr Curteis at Carshalton

5v - Elevation of the water wheel etc for Winlaton blade mill

6 - Plan of the water wheel, trough and machinery for Winlaton blade mill

7v - Front elevation of the machineryfor Winlaton blade mill, seen from within

8 - Elevation of the machinery for Winlaton blade mill with a section of the water wheel and trough and upright of the lever for drawing the shuttle

9 - Fulling Mill, Colchester, Essex. Mr Hill's breast mill for fulling bays at Colchester

9v - Fulling Mill, Colchester, Essex. An explanation of the brest mill and house and land

11 - Fulling Mill, Colchester, Essex. Plan of Mr Hill's fulling mill at Colchester

12 - Fulling Mill, Colchester, Essex.

12v - Fulling Mill, Colchester, Essex. Plan of the engine house and conduit adapted to Matchet's plan of the former works

14v - Fulling Mill, Colchester, Essex. Mr Hill's fulling mill.

15 - Fulling Mill, Colchester, Essex. Plan and elevation for a water engine (water mill and horse mill) for Mr Hill at Colchester

15v - Fulling Mill, Colchester, Essex. Framing of horse mill for Mr Hill

16 - Fulling Mill, Colchester, Essex. Design for the engine (water) wheel for Mr Hill

17v - Water Mill, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, West Riding. For Hollings Mill near Sowerby Bridge belonging to Mr Waterhouse, a fulling mill

18 - Water Mill, Bocking, Essex. design for altering the water wheel of Mr Nottidge's fulling mill at Bocking

19 - Chimney Windmill, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Plan of grounds neaer Newcastle belonging to Mr William Smith

20 - Chimney Windmill, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Plan for the snuff mill at Chimney Mill near Newcastle

21v - Chimney Windmill, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Transverse section for the snuff mill at Chimney Mills near Newcastle

22 - Chimney Windmill, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Upright section for the snuff mill at Chimney Mills near Newcastle

23v - Water Mill, Wandsworth, London. Plan of one of the water wheels and gear for the double oil mill for G Shepley Esqr. at Wandsworth

24 - Water Mill, Wandsworth, London. Upright as ultimately settled for Mr Shepley's oil mill at Wandsworth

24v - Water Mill, Wandsworth, London. Dimensions of the gearing for the oil mill

25 - Water Mill, Wandsworth, London. Design for the iron axis for the new mill at Wandsworth

26v - Water Mills, Carshalton, Surrey. Plan for the oil mill for Mr Shepley at Cashalton

27 - Water Mills, Carshalton, Surrey. Design for an oil mill for Mr Shepley at Cashalton

27v - Water Mills, Carshalton, Surrey. Design for a water wheel for Mear's and Shepley's bark mill at Carshalton

28 - Water Mills, Carshalton, Surrey. Design for the small movements for Shepley's oil mill at Cashalton

28v - Water Mill, Carshalton, Surrey. Dimensions of a cast-iron oil press

29 - Water Mills, Carshalton, Surrey. Design for the oil press for Shepley's mill at Cashalton

29v - Water Mills, Carshalton, Surrey.

30v - Water Mill, Castleford, Yorkshire, West Riding. Copy of Mr Crowther's draught for Castleford oil mill

31 - Water Mill, Hull, Yorkshire, East Riding. Ground plan of the water house at Hull

31v - Water Mill, Hull, Yorkshire, East Riding. Design for an oil mill for Mr Mayson Wright at Hull

32 - Water Mill, Hull, Yorkshire, East Riding. Design for the cast iron axis and rings for Mr Wright's oil mill at Hull

33v - Water Mill, Waltham Abbey, Essex.

34 - Water Mill, Waltham Abbey, Essex.

34v - Water Mill, Waltham Abbvey, Essex. For Mr Walton's double stack of powder mills at Waltham Abbey

35 - Water Mill, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Elevation of the wheel and conduit of the new powder mills at Waltham Abbey

36v - Water Mill, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Plan of the building for Mr Walton's powder mill at Waltham Abbey on the west side of the mill pond

37 - Water Mill, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Plan of Mr Walton's powder mill at Waltham Abbey

38v - Water Mill, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Upright for Mr Walton's powder mill at Waltham Abbey

39 - Water Mill, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Water wheel for Mr Walton's new powder mill at Waltham Abbey on the west side of the mill pond.

39v - Water Mill, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Design for connecting the water wheel axis with the tumbling shaft for Mr Walton's powder mill at Waltham Abbey

40 - Water Mill, Hounslow Heath, Middlesex. For the upper stack of powder mills on Hounslow Heath belonging to Samuel Underhill Esquire

41 - Water Mill, Hounslow Heath, Middlesex. Lay-out of mill

41v - Water Mill at Worcester Park, Surrey. Plan of the building for the powder mill at Worcester Park

43v - Water Mill at Worcester Park, Surrey. Upright for the powder mill at Worcester Park

44 - Water Mill at Worcester Park, Surrey. Water wheel fot the powder mill at Worcester Park

47 - Water Mill at Worcester Park, Surrey. Design for connecting the water wheel axis with the tumbling shaft for the powder mill at Worcester Park

47av - Water Mill at Worcester Park, Surrey. Design for a steam drying house for the powder mills at Worcester Park

48v - Water Mill. Sugar mill designed for Mr Grey

48vls - Watermills, Hounslow, Middlesex

52 - Water Mill at Worcester Park, Surrey. Plan for the powder mill at Worcester Park

52v - Watermills, Hounslow, Middlesex.

54 - Watermills, Hounslow, Middlesex

54v - Watermills, Hounslow, Middlesex

55 - Watermills, Hounslow, Middlesex

56v - Iron Works, Coquett River, County Durham. Design for a dam for the proposed iron works upon the Coquett

57v - Iron Works, Coquett River, County Durham. Design for the water wheels for the rolling mill upon the Coquett

58 - Iron Works, Coquett River, County Durham. Plan of the rolling mill upon the Coquett

58v - Iron Works, Coquett River, County Durham. Design for the cast iron work for the rolling mill upon the Coquett

60v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Profile of the levels of Carron works

61v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Plan and section of Larbert dam head

62av - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for a dam for the Carron works at Dunipace

63 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for a dam upon the river Coquett for the iron works

63ls - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Carron Engine

64 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. General plan for the returning engine

64v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for the arch head at the pit end of the beam for Carron engine

65 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for the buckets and clacks for Carron engine

66v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Blowing engine for Carron furnace Number. 1

68 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for laying water upon the wheel for Carron furnalce Number 1

69v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for the cylinders and furniture

70 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for the collare fot the blowing engine

70v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Cast iron axle

71v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for the blowing machine for the Furnace No. 2 at Carron

73 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Water wheel for the Furnace No. 2 at Carron

74v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for a new nosepipe for Carron

75 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for a collar of leather for the cylindrical rods of the blast furnace at Carron No. 4

75ls - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire

76v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. General plan of a boring mill for Carron works

77 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for the water wheels for the boring mill at Carron

78v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Plan of the boring mill for Carron works for cylinders and guns

79 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Upright of the boring mill for cylinders; upright of the boring mill for guns

79v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for a steel yard carriage for suspending the borers of the cylinder machines at Carron

80v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for the discharging apparatus in boring the gasconades at Carron

81 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Sketch showing the application of the inclined plane for acting upon the discharging arm in boring the carronades at Carron

82 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for the apparatus for moving forward the boring barrs for the carronades at Carron without a carriage

82ls - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire.

83 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for a boring mill for Carron

84v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for turning shot moulds

86 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Design for two methods of raising the slide carriages for the carronades

87v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Planof the blacking mill and of the mill for turning grindstones for Carron Works

88 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Upright of the hirst for the blacking mill for Carron Works

89v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Upright of the stampers for the clay mill at Carron; plan of the stampers, of the barrel and tumbling shaft of the clay mill at Carron

90 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Plan of the new clay mill at Carron

91v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Upright of the large tilt hammer for the clay mill forge at Carron

92 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Plan for the tilt hammer forge to be applied to the clay mill at Carron

92ls - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire

93v - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire

94 - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. Upright of the middle and small hammer at the clay mill forge at Carron

94lsa - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire. For Bretton furnace

94lsb - Carron Iron Works, Stirlingshire

95v - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding. General plan for Kilnhurst Forge

97v - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding.

98 - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding

98ls - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham Yorkshire, West Riding

99v - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding

101v - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding. Plan for the water wheel and machinery for the hammer for Kilnhurst Forge

102 - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding. Elvation in front of the machinery for the hammer for Kilnhurst Forge

102ls - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding

103 - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding

103v - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding. Ring for the arms and gudgeon

104 - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding. Mr Cockshutt's design for the harnace for the tilt hammer at Kilnhurst

104v - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding. Mr Cockshutt. Copy of Mr Smeaton's design for water wheel for his wire mill and tilt

105v - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding. For the hammer wheel at Kilnhurst

106 - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding. For the finery wheels for Kilnhurst Forge

107v - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding. For the chafery wheel at Kilnhurst

108 - Kilnhurst Forge, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, West Riding. For the slit mill at Kilnhurst

110v - Derwentwater Smelt Mill, Cumberland. Plan and section of machinery for Derwentwater smelt mill, but not executed

111 - Wanlockhead Lead Mines, Lanarkshire. design for a stamp mill for the lead mines at Wanlock Head

111ls - Wanlockhead Lead Mines, Lanarkshire. A general scheme of the levels and water courses above ground

111v - Wanlockhead Lead Mines, Lanarkshire. Section of a blowing wheel made for Wanlock Head lead mines

113v - Hand pump for Ackworth Hospital

113vls - Hand pump. Rough measures of Ackworth pump barrel and collar of leathers

114 - Hand pump for Ackworth Hospital

115 - Hand pump for Ackworth Hospital

116v - Hand pump. Design for a ship's pump

117a - Hand pump. Ship's pump

117av - Hand pump. Scetch of the pumps made by Mr Hurry after Mr Smeaton's direction with some variation in the dimensions

117b - Hand pump. Description of Cole's improved hand pump. With explanation

117ls - Hand pump. Description of the improved chain pump by John Bentinck Esquire, Captain in his Majesty's Royal Navy and William Cole engine maker

118v - Hand pump. Design for a pump and water house intended for Mr Graham of Netherby

119 - Hank pump. Sketches for Mr Graham

119a - Hand pump. Sir George Dalston's engine frame

119av - Hand pump. Port Glasgow harbour

120 - Hand pump. Elevation of an engine erected for Mr Wade at New Grange

121 - Hand pump. Scetch of Mr Wade's engine

121v - Hand pump

122 - Hand pump

122v - Horse Mills. Plan and section of the old single horse-engine with the common chain pump, Plym Yard

123 - Horse Mills. Description of the several horse engines respecting their power etc in clearing the docks of water at Plymount Yard

123av - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hants. Ground plan and section for the horse engine upon the new well at Weevil

123lsa - Horse Mills.

123lsb - Horse Mills. Mr Gwyn's plan and estimate for a machine for working the pumps at Perth bridge by horses

123lsc - Horse Mills. Design for the screw engine for the Princess Dowager of Wales at Kew, erected in 1761

124 - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hant. Ground floor of the house and machinery of the horse engine upon the new well at Weevil

125v - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hants. Upright section of the house and reservoir and also of the out jetty for the crank working beam and stairs, shewing the upright elevation of the machinery as seen from the side of the master brewer's field

126 - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hant. Section through the middle of the out jetty and elevation of the building, working beam and pump as seen from the Agent's garden; front view of the pump and corner of the building as seen from the Clerk to the Brewhouse's garden

127v - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hants. Plan showing the disposition of the beams and joists for forming the floor for the reservoir

128 - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hants. Transverse section of the main building for Weevil engine as seen from the front or open passage towards it

128ls - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hants. Section of bottom of new well at Weevill, October '79

129v - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hants. Design for several parts of the machinery enlarged for Weevill engine

130 - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hants. General plan of the grounds showing how the water is to be distributed

130av - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hants. Design for pump for Weevil engine

131 - Weevil Brewery, Gosport, Hants. Design for the bucket of Weevil engine

132v - Pumping machinery, Welbeck, Notts. Plan of Welbeck engine

133 - Pumping machinery, Welbeck, Notts. Welbeck engine looking from the regulator frame towards the door

134v - Pumping machinery, Welbeck, Notts. Welbeck engine elevation seen in the direction pointed at C in the plan

135 - Pumping machinery, Welbeck, Notts. Welbeck engine elevation looking from the door towards the regulator frame

135a - Pumping machinery, Welbeck, Notts

135av - Pumping machinery, Welbeck, Notts. Scetches of Welbeck engine

136 - Pumping machinery, Welbeck, Notts

136v - Pumping machinery, Welbeck, Notts

136vls - Pumping machinery, Welbeck, Notts. Curves described for the gear to Welbeck engine

137 - Pumping machinery, Thoresby, Notts. Plan of the Duke of Kingston's engine at Thoresby No. 1

138v - Pumping machinery, Thoresby, Notts. Elevation of the Duke of Kingston's engine at Thoresby (No. 2)

140v - Pumping machinery, Thoresby, Notts. Section of the water house etc for the Duke of Kingston's engine at Thoresby

141 - Pumping machinery, Thoresby, Notts. Upright of the water wheel with a section of the fall and of the penstock etc for the Duke of Kingston's engine at Thoresby; horizontal section of the water wheel with a plan of the penstock

142v - Pumping machinery, Thoresby, Notts. Design for the regulater frame, crank works and barrels for the Duke of Kingston's engine at Thoresby

143v - Pumping machinery, Stratford, London. Elevation of the four fronts of Cox's mill and engine, Stratford

144 - Pumping machinery, Stratford, London. For the new mill and engine at Stratford to be built at Cox's mill

145v - Pumping machinery, Stratford, london. Plan and elevation of Cox's mill at Stratford

146 - Pumping machinery, Stratford, London. Plan of the machinery of Stratford engine

147 - Pumping machinery, Stratford, London. Elevation of the regulator frame for Stratford engine

148 - Pumping machinery, Stratford, London. Plan, section and elevation of the working barrels for Stratford engine

149 - London Bridge Water Works. Copy of a design from Dr Thomas Birch Secretary of the Royal Society

151v - London Bridge Water Works. Plan of the great engine for the fifth arch of London Bridge. Plan of water wheel and pumps

152v - London Bridge Water Works. Design for the frame for supporting the water wheel axis etc for the engine at London Bridge

153 - London Bridge Water Works. Site of water wheel on London Bridge

153v - London Bridge Water Works. Elevation of the great engine for the fifth arch of London Bridge Engine. Elevation of water wheel and pumps

154ls - London Bridge Water Works

155v - Ravensbourne Water Works, Deptford, London

156 - Ravensbourne Water Works, Deptford, London. Plan and upright for the engine regulator frame for the Ravensbourn water works

156v - Ravensbourne Water Works, Deptford, London

157 - Ravensbourne Water Works, Deptford, London. Design for the new working barrels for the Ravensbourn engine at Deptford

158 - Ravensbourne Water Works, Deptford, London. Design for the alteration of the water wheel and fall of the Ravensbourn engine

158a - Water pressure engine

158av - Water pressure engine

158ls - Water pressure engine

159v - Pumping machinery, Templenewsam, Yorks, West Riding. Plan and section of the engine house or vault at Temple Newsham

160v - Pumping machiinery, Templenewsam, Yorks, West Riding. Elevation of the engine erected for........Viscount Irwin at Temple Newsham in 1770. With description

161v - Pumping machinery, Templenewsam, Yorks, West Riding

162 - Pumping machinery, Templenewsam, Yorks, West Riding. Plan, upright and section of the regulating valve for Lord Irwin's engine

162cv - Edinburgh Water Service. The plan of the city and castle of Edinburgh by William Edgar, Architect anno 1765.

162d - Edinburgh Water Service

162e - Edinburgh Water Service

162ev - Edinburgh Water Service

162v - Pumping machinery, Templenewsam, Yorks, West Riding. For the engine frame, Temple Newsam

163 - York Water Works. Design for iron pipes over the bridge at York

163v - Mains for London Bridge Water Works

165v - Mains for London Bridge Water Works

167v - Halifax water supply, Yorkshire, West Riding

169 - Thames Watershed

169v - Thames Watershed

170 - Thames Watershed

170v - Thames Watershed

171 - Thames Watershed

3 - Volume III - Fire engines for raising water, drawings by John Smeaton

4 - Volume IV - Bridges and buildings drawings by John Smeaton

5 - Volume V - Canal works drawings by John Smeaton

6 - Volume VI - Canals and river navigation drawings by John Smeaton

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