Watt Canal Pumping Engine, 1796
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Boulton and Watt built this engine for the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation Company in 1796. It was used at the Bowyer Street pumping station in Birmingham, England, to pump water on the Bordesley Canal until 1854, when it was superseded by a more modern engine. The engine remained in the pumping station until coming to The Henry Ford in 1929.
Boulton and Watt built this engine for the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation Company in 1796. It was used at the Bowyer Street pumping station in Birmingham, England, to pump water on the Bordesley Canal until 1854, when it was superseded by a more modern engine. The engine remained in the pumping station until coming to The Henry Ford in 1929.
Artifact
Steam engine (Engine)
Date Made
1796
Creators
Boulton & Watt (Birmingham, England)
Place of Creation
United Kingdom, England, Birmingham
Creator Notes
Designed by James Watt and manufactured by Boulton & Watt in Birmingham, England. Engine cylinder cast by the Coalbrookdale Company.
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
29.1531.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Steel (Alloy)
Cast Iron
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Height: 30 ft
Width: 31.75 ft
Length: 39.5 ft
Horsepower: 45 hp (33.56 kW)
Diameter: 46 in (Bore)
Length: 96 in (Stroke)
Inscriptions
undocumented location: BOWYER / NO.33
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