1871 Rare Poster-Sized Blueprint / Technical Drawing. Beam Engine, Luton Water Works. gifts decor later hand-colour

later hand-colour

and highly insulting

repulsive sights

The surroundings look more like Mars than the Philippine tropics

This large visually striking poster (date unknown

1871 Rare Poster-Sized Blueprint / Technical Drawing. Beam Engine, Luton Water Works. gifts decor later hand-colourA large (31. 5" x 23") technical drawing of the beam engine at Luton Water Works. These are details of the cylinder and piston. The waterworks was built after outbreaks of smallpox and cholera. The full print is shown in the last photo. Other photos show details from the print. The drawing was a supplement to The Engineer, dated Friday March 3rd, 1871 (top right of drawing). The Engineer was one of the world's oldest professional journals. Printed on