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421742
  • Title
    Royal Australian Historical Society : Engineering drawings of machinery / Houlton H. Voss, ca. 1848-1849
  • Call number
    PXX 26
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    ca. 1848-1849
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    421742
  • Physical Description
    7 drawings (1 folder) - chiefly on tracing paper with some hand coloured - 79 x 135 cm, or smaller
  • Scope and Content
    1. Sixty H.P [horse-powered] engine [view of mill]
    2. Eliptograph
    3. J. Nasmyth's Absolute Safety Valve. Registered
    4. Independent Condensing Engine, 1848
    5-6. Liverpool & Manchester extension railway through Salford and Manchester. [Details of ironwork in bridge over Irwell and great Ducie Street]. Drawings No. 35 & 36
    7. Rolling mills for the scrap forge at Carriage Depart. for Mr Nasmyth. No.1. [unsigned], 1849
  • Access Conditions
    : -
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment - Material is extremely fragile and should be handled with care.
  • General note

    This collection comprises miscellaneous drawings by H. H. Voss. Three of the plans are numbered but form a different series to: Royal Australian Historical Society : Engineering drawings of machinery / Houlton H. Voss, 1848-1851
    Transferred from PXD 926, 6 November 2023
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Plans are signed "H. H. Voss" or "Houlton H. Voss"
  • Creator/Author/Artist
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