Royal Australian Historical Society : Engineering drawings of machinery / Houlton H. Voss, 1848-1851

PXX 112

series

1848-1851

Graphic Materials, Drawings

421633

64 drawings (6 folders) - chiefly on tracing paper with some hand col.

Houlton Harries Voss was born in Swansea, South Wales in 1828. He is listed in the 1851 United Kingdom Census Returns as a lodger of John Gulland (Engineer - erector), at 10 Green Lane, on the western edge of James Nasymth's Bridgewater factory in Manchester. Voss is described in the Census as a "Mechanical Engineer" and it is likely that he was an employee of James Nasymth. -- Curator of Pictures, State Library of NSW, 2002

Includes designs for Albert Pilling & Huddersfield weaving shed, W. Fairburn fire proof mill, J. Nasmyth high pressure double cylinder upright engine, J. Nasmyth steam hammer (front view & cross section), locomotive engine by Sharp Brother & Co., Stephenson's Engine, Whitworth's screwing lathe, bar cutting machine, bulls beam, cranes, drilling machine, fly wheels, horizontal and pumping engines, hydraulic pump, noiseless fan, punching and shearing machine, and wall drill.

Contents of folders are as follows:
PXX 112/Folder 1
Nos. 1-3, 6-12

PXX 112/Folder 2
Nos. 15-19, 21-22, 24-28, 31-34, 36-40

PXX 112/Folder 3
Nos. 42-54

PXX 112/Folder 4
Nos. 56-57, 60-61, 63-65, 66a-66b, 67-68, 70-71

PXX 112/Folder 5
Nos. 5, 13, 20, 23, 29, 35

PXX 112/Folder 6
Nos. 30, 55, 58, 59, 62, 69

By original plan number

Access via appointment - Applies to PXX 112/Folders 3-4 (Outsize folders)

The original set of drawings consist of 71 numbered plans
Nos. 7 & 8 are on one sheet as are Nos. 45, 46, 47
No. 66 is in 2 parts (a & b)
Nos. 4, 14, 41 are missing
Transferred from PXD 925, 24 November 2023

The majority of plans are signed "H.H. Voss" and dated. Some are signed "Houlton H. Voss" and "Houlton Harries Voss"