Erection costs of a Newcomen Fire Engine
An Estimate of Charge of a Fire Engine
The Bore of Pumps that will Discharge 400 hhds. in One Hour must be 13 Inches Diameter also the Diameter of the Cylinder 33 Inches to run 12 Strokes p. minuet ye Strokes 6 Foot Long.
| 22 fathom of Pumps 12 Inches Diameter | £ 30 : 00 : 00 |
| Boreing joynting Pluging Hooping & Screw bolts to fasten the Plugs in the Pump | 24 : 00 : 00 |
| Two Brass Barrels for the Bages to Work in 13 Inches Diameter | 90 : 00 : 00 |
| Two Buckets and two Claks | 6 : 00 : 00 |
| Iron to hoop the pumps | 37 : 00 : 00 |
| 40 Fathom Spears & joynts belonging to them | 19 : 00 : 00 |
| Cistern & Slipers to bare the pillar of the Pumps | 5 : 00 : 00 |
| Smith work | 24 : 00 : 00 |
| Regulator beam with ye Arches to it | 24 : 00 : 00 |
| Gudgeon that Carries the Beam, Stirrups, barrs and screw plates | 3 : 15 : 00 |
| Two Brasses that the Gudgeon runs in | 6 : 00 : 00 |
| 3 Chains, Catch pins, & 4 Plates Belonging to the Regulator Beam | 26 : 00 : 00 |
| Engine House | 120 : 00 : 00 |
| 33 Inches Cylinder | 150 : 00 : 00 |
| 2 Cylinder Beams, 2 Plates & 7 screw bolts | 27 : 00 : 00 |
| Piston | 3 : 00 : 00 |
| Boyler | 80 : 00 : 00 |
| Leading the Boyler Top | 32 : 00 : 00 |
| Regulator that stands at the Top of the Boyler | 9 : 00 : 00 |
| Sinking Pipes | 12 : 00 : 00 |
| Other Pipes About the Cylinder | 8 : 00 : 00 |
| Small, F and Y & 2 Small Brasses ye Y runs in | 2 : 06 : 00 |
| Cocks About the Cistern | 3 : 15 : 00 |
| small Valves | 0 : 10 : 00 |
| Bars for the Fire Place | 12 : 00 : 00 |
| Crab Rope | 8 : 00 : 00 |
| 2 Shear Legs & a Block | 10 : 00 : 00 |
| New Crab | 2 : 10: 00 |
| Soder | 15 : 00 : 00 |
| Jack head barrels & Pumps | 35 : 00 : 00 |
| Deals t Make ye Great Cistern & Workmanship | 12 : 00 : 00 |
| Total | 849 : 16 : 00 |
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[H.W. Dickenson, "A Short History of the Steam Engine", Cambridge, 1939, page 60.