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Engine Collection

Background imageEngine Collection: Rolls-Royce Merlin R. M. 14S. M. Mk 100 V-12 Engine, 1944. Creator: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Merlin R. M. 14S. M. Mk 100 V-12 Engine, 1944. Creator: Rolls-Royce
Formed in 1906 to produce automobiles, Rolls-Royce was asked to begin designing and building aircraft engines at the outbreak of World War I in 1914

Background imageEngine Collection: Curtiss OXX-6, V-8 Engine, ca. 1916. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company

Curtiss OXX-6, V-8 Engine, ca. 1916. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Among the most successful early engines marketed in the United States were those designed and built by aviation pioneer and inventor Glenn Curtiss

Background imageEngine Collection: Birmingham, Boulton, Watt, Mudoch, B ham, 2009. Creator: Ethel Davies

Birmingham, Boulton, Watt, Mudoch, B ham, 2009. Creator: Ethel Davies
Bronze statue of Boulton, Watt and Murdoch, ‘ the Golden Boys, gilded in gold, to commemorate their development of the steam engine, Broad Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Background imageEngine Collection: The Parish Engine, c1900. Artist: George Cruikshank

The Parish Engine, c1900. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Parish Engine, c1900. An illustration for Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens. From Hard Times and Sketches by Boz, Volume XI, by Charles Dickens. [Blackwood, Le Bas & Co. London, c1900]

Background imageEngine Collection: Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. '...a view of the large building called "the fitting shop." It is here that

Background imageEngine Collection: The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Creator: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Motive power for steamships. 'The largest marine engines exhibited were those by Messrs

Background imageEngine Collection: The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich..., 1862

The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Motive power for steamships

Background imageEngine Collection: Inside of German Submarine, 1914 or 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Inside of German Submarine, 1914 or 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Inside of German Submarine, 1914 or 1915. The engine compartment of a German submarine during World War I.

Background imageEngine Collection: Steam engine 'Kompaund' with a Schmidt super-heater, 1910. Creator

Steam engine "Kompaund" with a Schmidt super-heater, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Steam engine "Kompaund" with a Schmidt super-heater, 1910. A "Compound" locomotive with a Schmidt boiler is shown on the railroad between Perm'

Background imageEngine Collection: West-Siberian Railroad. Testing the First Section of the Bridge Across the Irtysh River

West-Siberian Railroad. Testing the First Section of the Bridge Across the Irtysh River, 1892-1896. Creator: Unknown
West-Siberian Railroad. Testing the First Section of the Bridge Across the Irtysh River, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of

Background imageEngine Collection: Bray's Traction-engine, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Bray's Traction-engine, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Bray's Traction-engine, 1858....thousands of spectators...seemed much interested and astonished on seeing a steam-engine traversing the streets of London...Attached was a truck, or platform

Background imageEngine Collection: Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery...1876

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876....the procession entered Machinery Hall

Background imageEngine Collection: The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. On 21 January 1876, the Edinburgh-London Special Scotch Express was involved in a collision

Background imageEngine Collection: Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo, 1871. Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II

Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo, 1871. Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II
Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo, 1871

Background imageEngine Collection: Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, [London], 1857. View of...a portion in progress by Mr. Jay, the contractor, under the Woods and Works

Background imageEngine Collection: Detail of a switchboard in a dynamo room, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown

Detail of a switchboard in a dynamo room, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Detail of a switchboard in a dynamo room, between 1900 and 1905

Background imageEngine Collection: U.S.S. Newark, dynamo room, between 1891 and 1901. Creator: William H. Jackson

U.S.S. Newark, dynamo room, between 1891 and 1901. Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. Newark, dynamo room, between 1891 and 1901

Background imageEngine Collection: Drawings of the new steam engine for nine pumps in Hellevoetsluis, 1802. Creator: Jan Blanken

Drawings of the new steam engine for nine pumps in Hellevoetsluis, 1802. Creator: Jan Blanken
Drawings of the new steam engine for nine pumps in Hellevoetsluis, South Holland, 1802. Technical drawing of a steam engine: four elevations

Background imageEngine Collection: Messrs. Tuxford's Traction-Engine, exhibited at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, 1857

Messrs. Tuxford's Traction-Engine, exhibited at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Tuxford's Traction-Engine, exhibited at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, [London], 1857....the Traction Engine, or Steam Horse [is] a sort of walking leviathan

Background imageEngine Collection: Yacht Althea, engine room, between 1907 and 1915. Creator: Unknown

Yacht Althea, engine room, between 1907 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Yacht Althea, engine room, between 1907 and 1915. Engine made by Standard Motor Construction Company; Witherbee Igniter Co. dials in amperes and volts

Background imageEngine Collection: U.S.S. Oregon, dynamo room, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Oregon, dynamo room, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Oregon, dynamo room, between 1896 and 1901

Background imageEngine Collection: Str. no. 190, main engine in shop, 3 cyln. compound-inclined type, between 1910 and 1920

Str. no. 190, main engine in shop, 3 cyln. compound-inclined type, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: William H. Jackson
Str. no. 190, main engine in shop, 3 cyln. compound-inclined type, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageEngine Collection: U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam steering gear, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam steering gear, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam steering gear, between 1896 and 1901

Background imageEngine Collection: U.S.S. Massachusetts, dynamo room, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Massachusetts, dynamo room, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Massachusetts, dynamo room, between 1896 and 1901

Background imageEngine Collection: U.S.S. Massachusetts, engine room, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Massachusetts, engine room, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Massachusetts, engine room, between 1896 and 1901

Background imageEngine Collection: U.S.S. Kentucky, engine room, 1900 or 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Kentucky, engine room, 1900 or 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Kentucky, engine room, 1900 or 1901

Background imageEngine Collection: U.S.S. Cincinnati, the engines, 1894. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Cincinnati, the engines, 1894. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Cincinnati, the engines, 1894

Background imageEngine Collection: Halte!!!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Halte!!!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Halte!!!, 19th century. Halt!!!

Background imageEngine Collection: Woman On Bicycle, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Unknown

Woman On Bicycle, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Unknown
Woman On [powered] Bicycle, 1917 or 1918

Background imageEngine Collection: 'The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory

'The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory, with 100-ton Testing Machine in the Foreground, 1890. From "The Graphic

Background imageEngine Collection: 'The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory (Looking Northwest)

'The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory (Looking Northwest), Showing the 150 H.P. Triple Expansion Experimental Steam Engine in the Background, 1890

Background imageEngine Collection: Toy Train, 1939. Creator: R. Stone

Toy Train, 1939. Creator: R. Stone
Toy Train, 1939

Background imageEngine Collection: Baltimore And Ohio Railway. Safety First Train, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Baltimore And Ohio Railway. Safety First Train, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Baltimore And Ohio Railway
Baltimore And Ohio Railway. Safety First Train, 1917. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, USA

Background imageEngine Collection: 'Lord Randolph Churchill in South Africa, 1891 Creator: Unknown

'Lord Randolph Churchill in South Africa, 1891 Creator: Unknown
'Lord Randolph Churchill in South Africa - Meeting a Constituent on the Platform of an Engine, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Background imageEngine Collection: Les hotes de la Tunisie; contingents Serbes et prisonniers allemands : La gare de Gabes ou

Les hotes de la Tunisie; contingents Serbes et prisonniers allemands : La gare de Gabes ou... 1916 Creator: Unknown
Les hotes de la Tunisie; contingents Serbes et prisonniers allemands : La gare de Gabes ou le premier train est arrive le 15 mars, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Background imageEngine Collection: Toy Train, c. 1940. Creator: Robert Clark

Toy Train, c. 1940. Creator: Robert Clark
Toy Train, c. 1940

Background imageEngine Collection: Power station, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Power station, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Power station. This power station services the town from dark until 11:00 p.m. only. One day a week during daylight hours it is served for special purposes. Escalante, Utah

Background imageEngine Collection: Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo (Tokyo Yatsuyama shita... c. 1871)

Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo (Tokyo Yatsuyama shita... c. 1871)
Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo (Tokyo Yatsuyama shita kaigan jokisha tetsudo no zu), c. 1871

Background imageEngine Collection: Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Various interesting experiments have been made from time to time

Background imageEngine Collection: The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co. - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageEngine Collection: Dock in course of construction at Boulogne, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Dock in course of construction at Boulogne, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Dock in course of construction at Boulogne, [France], 1862. The entire dock, including the sluice-entrance, will cover nearly seventy English acres...the total cost...is estimated at something like

Background imageEngine Collection: The International Exhibition: marine engines of the Mediterranean Forging Company... 1862

The International Exhibition: marine engines of the Mediterranean Forging Company... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marine engines of the Mediterranean Forging Company - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company

Background imageEngine Collection: The International Exhibition: blast-engines by the Lilleshall Company, Shiffnal, Shropshire

The International Exhibition: blast-engines by the Lilleshall Company, Shiffnal, Shropshire... 1862 Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: blast-engines by the Lilleshall Company, Shiffnal, Shropshire - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageEngine Collection: The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department of the Western Annexe, 1862. Machine for...reducing iron ore to pig metal...As iron-furnaces have increased in size and number

Background imageEngine Collection: The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing, 1862

The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing, 1862. Steam engine to power agricultural machinery. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageEngine Collection: Trials of steam-ploughs near Farningham, Kent, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Trials of steam-ploughs near Farningham, Kent, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Trials of steam-ploughs near Farningham, Kent, 1862. Although eleven machines or so were at work from time to time, the systems really on trial were those of Fowler, Howard, Smith, and Coleman

Background imageEngine Collection: Bray's traction-engine drawing a girder...through the streets of London by night... 1862

Bray's traction-engine drawing a girder...through the streets of London by night... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Bray's traction-engine drawing a girder 74 feet long and weighing twenty tons through the streets of London by night - the monster load passing the Bank of England, 1862

Background imageEngine Collection: Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at Maudslay... 1862

Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at Maudslay... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at the foundry of Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Westminster-road, London, 1862



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