Request for a new exhaust valve for a lighting engine at West Wittering, as per drawing No. LeC.1322.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M1\3\ img022 | |
| Date | 17th November 1920 | |
| W.W. Do. LIGHTING PLANT ORIGINAL To HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Copy to BFC. E1/G17/11/20. X8362 RE EXHAUST VALVE FOR LIGHTING ENGINE- WITTERING. The exhaust valve on the engine that lights the offices at West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town) has, on two occasions, burned a hole in its seat. Would you kindly supply a new valve in quickstep chromium steel to drawing No. LeC.1322 herewith. E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).