Engineering: a Cornish steam engine used for pumping water in London.

Longitudinal section of the Boulton & Watt engine erected at the East London Water Works, Old Ford / Thomas Wicksteed ; G. Gladwin.

Oversize ephemera. EPH+27.

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Engineering: a Cornish steam engine used for pumping water in London.

Oversize ephemera. EPH+27.

Longitudinal section of the Boulton & Watt engine erected at the East London Water Works, Old Ford / Thomas Wicksteed ; G. Gladwin.