Steam Power Collection

James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1833. Watt (1736-1819) was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, and showed an interest in engineering and invention from an early age

The aeroplane proposed by Henson in his patent of 1842, c1936 (c1937). William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) was a pre-Wright brothers aviation engineer and inventor from Nottingham, England

Sectional view of a Newcomen steam engine, 1737. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or steam engine in 1712

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

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the lathe and tool shop, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the lathe and tool shop, 1864. View representing '...as well as a wood-engraving can render such a subject

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. '...night view of that portion of the forging department containing the Nasmyth steam-hammers

The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Loom for Axminster carpet, '...invented by Mr

The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 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

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

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

Cherbourg from the Sea, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Cherbourg from the Sea, 1858. Port on the north coast of France. Cherbourg is situated in the peninsula of Cotentin, the ancient Lower Normandy'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858

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

Locomotive Steam-carriage for common roads, built for the Earl of Caithness, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Locomotive Steam-carriage for common roads, built for the Earl of Caithness, 1860....a steam-carriage...with which his Lordship, accompanied by Lady Caithness, the Rev, W. Ross, and Mr

The Winans Ocean Steamer as she will appear at sea, 1858. Creator: Smyth
The Winans Ocean Steamer as she will appear at sea, 1858. The Cigar Ship, a singular vessel which was launched near the Ferry Bay at Baltimore

The Winans Steam-vessel - end view, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Winans Steam-vessel - end view, 1858. The Cigar Ship, a singular vessel which was launched near the Ferry Bay at Baltimore

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

The Advance of the Anglo-Egyptian Force Upon Omdurman, 1898, (c1900). Creator: C Wilkinson
The Advance of the Anglo-Egyptian Force Upon Omdurman, 1898, (c1900). The Battle of Omdurman was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British-Egyptian expeditionary force

Farm Buildings erected for the Earl of Macclesfield, at Shirburn, Oxon. 1857. Creator: Unknown
Farm Buildings erected for the Earl of Macclesfield, at Shirburn, Oxon. 1857. View...without the roofs...One main feature in the buildings is the extensive nature of the machinery department

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

The Great Western Docks, Plymouth: the Graving Dock, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Great Western Docks, Plymouth: the Graving Dock, 1857.... the plans...were prepared by Mr. I. K. Brunel, and carried out under the superintendence of Mr

The Great Western Docks, Plymouth: the Floating Dock, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Great Western Docks, Plymouth: the Floating Dock, 1857.... the plans...were prepared by Mr. I. K. Brunel, and carried out under the superintendence of Mr

Launch of Three Iron Screw Steam-Vessels, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Launch of Three Iron Screw Steam-Vessels, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1856. Ships launched...from the building-yard of Messrs. C. Mitchell and Co...The first vessel launched was a screw steam-yacht for Mr

U.S. Navy - Unidentified Ship, with Auxilliary Steam Power At Boston Navy Yard, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S
U.S. Navy - Unidentified Ship, with Auxilliary Steam Power At Boston Navy Yard, 1911. [Bunker Hill Monument in background]

The Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England [in London], 1854. The quality and the water-mark of the...paper have in the new Note (now on the point of being issued to the public)

The Bank-Note Paper-Mill, Laverstoke, Hants. 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bank-Note Paper-Mill, Laverstoke, Hampshire, 1854. Processing paper used for banknotes. The building, the machinery, and, indeed, the entire premises

Steam Sewing-Machines, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Steam Sewing-Machines, 1854. The machine-room of the firm of Holloway, Crowe, and Holloway, ...wholesale clothes manufacturers, Stroud, Gloucestershire...Here are twenty machines in work

Steam-engines and Thrashing-machines, at the Smithfield Club Show, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Steam-engines and Thrashing-machines, at the Smithfield Club Show, 1854. This new display [in the Exhibition of Agricultural Implements

Price's Patent Candle Company - the Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - interior view... 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - interior view under three spans of roof - from a photograph, 1854. Candle factory on Merseyside

Iron Ship Fitting at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Iron Ship Fitting at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, 1854. Metalworking in London during the Crimean War....preparation of engines of the Termagant, 620-horse power...To form the cranks on the shaft

Casting a Monster Cylinder, at Messrs. Scott Russell and Co.'s Building-Yard, Millwall, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Casting a Monster Cylinder, at Messrs. Scott Russell and Co.'s Building-Yard, Millwall, 1854. Metalworking in London during the Crimean War....the casting of the last of the four largest

Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, 1854. Creator: Charles William Sheeres
Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, 1854. Shipyard on the River Thames in London during the Crimean War, an... industrial army of between 3000 and 4000 hands

"The Fairy" Steamer entering Grimsby Dock, 1854. Creator: Unknown
"The Fairy" Steamer entering Grimsby Dock, 1854. Queen Victoria visits Lincolnshire....the graceful little Fairy came in sight...Making a slight circuit before entering the dock

Her Majesty's Despatch Gun-Boats, 1854. Creator: Smyth
Her Majesty's Despatch Gun-Boats, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy ships Lynx, Beagle, Arrow and Viper en route for the Black Sea

Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. View of...the interior of the Mill-house on a Brazilian Sugar Estate during the time of grinding, with a Mill of an improved construction

"The Volcano" steam-sloop fitted as a floating factory for the Baltic, 1854. Creator: Unknown
"The Volcano" steam-sloop fitted as a floating factory for the Baltic, 1854. Crimean War: Among the novel requirements for our steam naval warfare in the Baltic is the provision of a

Robinson and Lee's Patent Bread-Making Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Robinson and Lee's Patent Bread-Making Machine, 1850. Diagram of...a Bread-Machine recently erected in Glasgow...One ton and a half of loaf bread, or a ton of biscuit

The "Helena Sloman" Steam-Ship, 1850. Creator: Unknown. The "Helena Sloman" Steam-Ship, 1850
The "Helena Sloman" Steam-Ship, 1850. This splendid screw steamer was built at the works of Messrs. T. and W. Pim

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

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Gutter-Cutting Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Gutter-Cutting Machine, 1850. It must be borne in mind, that, besides the rain-water gutter in the top of the timber

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Punching Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Punching Machine, 1850. View of...the operations of punching bolt-holes in the bars of iron, and cutting off the ends by the shears

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Drilling Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Drilling Machine, 1850. One of Nathan Gough's four-horse vertical high-pressure engines is used for giving motion to the drilling

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Adzing and Planing Machinery, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Adzing and Planing Machinery, 1850. The machinery requisite for this twofold operation is fixed on a long deal bench, breast-high from the floor

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. As in every other part of the works the utmost skill is displayed with regard to economising power

The Sash-Bar Machine, for the Great Exhibition Building, in Hyde Park, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Sash-Bar Machine, for the Great Exhibition Building, in Hyde Park, 1850....we find a communication from Mr. Paxton on this subject, dated 13th March, 1840, in which he says that

The Kneller Hall Training School, Whitton, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Kneller Hall Training School, Whitton, [near Twickenham], 1850. The estate...was formerly in the possession of Sir Godfrey Kneller

Plan of the Victoria Tower, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Victoria Tower, 1850. Progress of the New Houses of Parliament...the octagonal turrets at the angles...in which are the staircases...On each side, within the walls

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

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