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

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

Machinery for enabling the East London Waterworks Company to pump water from the Old Ford on the river Lea to households and businesses in East London and Essex. In 1829 it appointed Thomas Wicksteed as Engineer to the company

[London] (59 High Holborn) : John Weale, Architectural Library, September 1842 ([London] : Printed by Gad & Keningale)

1 print : engraving

Elevation of the Cornish engine and standpipe erected at the East London Water Works Old Ford. Thomas Wicksteed engineer. G. Gladwin sculp.

Wellcome Collection 46137i