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STEAMING AND BOILING DOWN ESTABLISHMENTS

DESCRIPTION OF A WOODEN VAT TO STEAM DOWN TWENTY OXEN

The wooden vat must be round & hooped with strong iron hoops no square wooden vat will stand the pressure of steam.
The wood of this vat must be suitable for the purpose & of good quality as the steam will escape through inferior wood 
 -   English or American Oak is preferred & are the best woods hitherto applied  -  In the absence of oak other good woods may suit such as spotted & Forest Oak  - 

                     The stoves must be three inches thick
                      Height of Vat six feet six inches
                      Diameter at bottom seven feet six inches
                      Diameter at Top five feet six inches

This Vat must be well secured to the floor & to the under
beams, with screws which pass outside the Vat, & through beams of wood laying on the lid of the vat.
The floor & beams well secured by strong pillars in the lower part of the building.  In the centre of the wooden lid or cover of the vat is a square door of wood, by this door the cut up meat is put into the vat, & while the Steam is set on from the boiler this wooden door is fastened down  with screws and bolts.
The hooping of this vat must be by seven hoops of iron two inches wide, & stronger than one eighth of  an inch thick.
A square door of two feet is cut into the side of the Vat close to the bottom, this door is for the purpose of emptying the Vat, & has a trough leading to a reservoir outside the building. this reservoir receives all the soup & meat which has been steamed down  - This door is secured by iron bars screwed to the Vat.

THE TALLOW PIPE FROM THE VAT.
The tallow pipe from the vat allows the tallow inside after it has been seperated [separated] from the meat by the Steam, to escape into the refining pan, and is led into the side of the Vat three feet from the top, this pipe is a fixture  - 
Sometimes the soup is higher than this pipe, but by turning the [?] the soup may be let  off, which will bring the tallow down to a level with the pipe, the tallow is then led off into the refining pan.

 

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