Engine House Collection

Levant Mine, Cornwall. The Levant Mine operated from the late 18th century until its closure in 1930, mining tin and copper from beneath the sea bed

Entrance to the locomotive engine house, Camden Town, London, 1839. Scene during the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway

Taniscot Engine House Sign, 1935/1942. Creator: Curry M. Bartlett
Taniscot Engine House Sign, 1935/1942

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Madame Leroux'; By Francis Eleanor Trollope; Whereupon the housemaid said she know'd the young man wasn't waiting there for nothing, and set them down as a couple of sweethearts, 1890

Sunset, Wheal Coates tin mine, St Agnes, Cornwall, 2009. The clifftop mine of Wheal Coates began to be worked in 1802. The ruined buildings that remain today date from the 1870s

The Atmospheric Railway at Dawlish, 1847, (1945). Creator: Unknown
The Atmospheric Railway at Dawlish, 1847, (1945). Railway line running along the sea front in the town of Dawlish on the south coast of Devon

Engine-house, at Croydon, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Engine-house, at Croydon, 1845. Victorian gothic railway buildings in what is now south London. From " Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII

Sublimated Sewage Station: The Engine House at Abbey Mills, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Sublimated Sewage Station: The Engine House at Abbey Mills, c1935. Abbey Mills Pumping Station, in Stratford, East London, nicknamed the Cathedral of Sewage for its ornate design

Interior of engine the house at Crossness Sewage Treatment Works, London, 1894
Interior of the engine house at Crossness Sewage Treatment Works, Erith, London, 1894. View of the inside of the sewage works with pipe system and pumps, attended by a workman

Magpie Mine, Derbyshire. Magpie Mine, near the village of Sheldon in the Peak District, is an old lead mine. It was first worked in around 1740 but closed for the last time in 1954

Higher Bal Mine engine house, Cornwall. In the Victorian heyday of the Cornish tin mining industry there were over 600 of these engine houses containing steam engines to pump water out of the mines

Botallack Mine engine houses, Cornwall. In the Victorian heyday of the Cornish tin mining industry there were over 600 of these engine houses containing steam engines to pump water out of the mines

Steam engine, 1818. Artist: Lowry
Steam engine, 1818. Cross section of an engine house containing an atmospheric steam engine

Dawlish, Devon, c1860. This viewshows the track of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) South Devon Railway. The South Devon was an example of an atmospheric railway, which did not use locomotives

Pithead at Hebburn Colliery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne area, 1860. The engine house (left) provides power for the winding gear (centre) which is raising baskets (corves)

Dalcoath copper mine, Camborne, Cornwall, c1830. View of the mine showing engine houses and Bolling Maidens who broke ore into small pieces. The mine later also produced tin

Tin mine between Camborne and Redruth, Cornwall, c1860. Ore is being washed in the foreground, while in the background, Cornish steam engine houses powering mine pumps

Sketch of the Harrington Mill Pitt Colliery, County Durham, early 19th century. Artist: Middlemist
Sketch of the Harrington Mill Pitt Colliery, County Durham, early 19th century. View of the pit head, showing the steam engine house

Section of a Coal Mine, 1860. Artist: Thomas Dick
Section of a Coal Mine, 1860. A general pit head scene showing an engine house for a steam engine, the pit head winding gear and the underground areas of the mine in cross section

Schematic view of a Newcomen steam engine, early 19th century. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or steam engine in 1712

East Pool Whim Engine House, 19th century
East Pool Whim Engine House, a 30 inch rotative beam engine for a tin mine, 19th century

Shaft Engine House, 1910s
Shaft Engine House, a 90 inch beam pumping engine used in tin mining, 1910s

Newcomen steam engine, 1737. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or steam engine in 1712. Water was heated in the boiler and the resulting steam was let into the cylinder

Newcomen steam engine, 1747. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or steam engine in 1712. Water was heated in the boiler and the resulting steam was let into the cylinder

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