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    John Smeaton's design for the Weevill Brewery, Southampton

    Date
    1780
    Creator
    John Smeaton (1724 - 1792, British) , Civil engineer
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (print): 363mm
    width (print): 468mm
    Subject
    Description
    John Smeaton's upright elevation for the Weevill Brewery, Southampton. From Smeaton volume 2, fol. 125v.

    Inscribed: 'Upright Section of the HOUSE & RESERVOIR & also of the OUT JETTY for the Crank, Working Beam & Stairs, shewing the Upright Elevation of the Machinery as seen from the side of the Master Brewer's Field.' 'Scale an inch - 1 Yard''

    Signed lower right.
    Object history
    The Royal Society John Smeaton collection consists of 6 volumes of his working drawings.

    The drawings (with supplementary manuscripts and engravings) were classified by mechanical engineer, John Farey (1791-1851) under the following 6 headings: I. Windmills and watermills for grinding corn; II. Mills for various purposes and machines for raising water; III. Fire engines for raising water; IV. Bridges and Buildings; V. Canal works, sluices, and harbours; VI. Canals and river navigations

    Smeaton made all his drawings himself. Later in his career he employed a draughtsman, but still continued to draw the lines of all his drawings to the proper scale in pencil on cartridge paper which he called sketches. Fair copies of the sketches were then made on drawing paper by the draughtsman, William Jessop or his successor Henry Eastburn, and Smeaton's daughters frequently helped in the shadowing and finishing using ink wash.
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