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Background imageSteam Power Collection: The Victoria Tower - Elevation of the Hoisting-Screw, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Victoria Tower - Elevation of the Hoisting-Screw, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Victoria Tower - Elevation of the Hoisting-Screw, 1850. Progress of the New Houses of Parliament...M M being the guide-posts

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Floating Railway across the Forth, between Granton and Burntisland, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Floating Railway across the Forth, between Granton and Burntisland, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Floating Railway across the Forth, between Granton and Burntisland, [near Edinburgh, Scotland], 1850. View of the...Leviathan, as the vessel is called...lying alongside the east side of Granton Pier

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Part of the Victoria Tower - the Hoisting-Scaffold, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Part of the Victoria Tower - the Hoisting-Scaffold, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Part of the Victoria Tower - the Hoisting-Scaffold, 1850....there are few mechanical contrivances employed in the various works at the New Palace, Westminster

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Irkutsk police fire brigade. Steam fire pipe and Arsenal well, 1894. Creator: R Prorokov

Irkutsk police fire brigade. Steam fire pipe and Arsenal well, 1894. Creator: R Prorokov
Irkutsk police fire brigade. Steam fire pipe and Arsenal well, 1894. This collection of photographs and documents from the private archive of Sergei Mikhailovich Chashchin relates to

Background imageSteam Power 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 imageSteam Power Collection: Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, [London], 1862. The Ganges was...an iron ship of nearly a thousand tons burden...The accident happened just opposite the Shadwell

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Messrs. Henderson and Co.'s carpet power-loom, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Henderson and Co.'s carpet power-loom, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Henderson and Co.'s carpet power-loom, 1862. The power-loom exhibited by this firm is adapted for weaving either Jacquard, Brussels, or velvet-pile carpets

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862

The International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862. This compact little folding-machine

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Siebes patent ice-making machine... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Siebes patent ice-making machine... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Siebes patent ice-making machine, from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: the Algerian Court... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: the Algerian Court... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the Algerian Court - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. There are...two glass cases which contain stands of a rich transparent gauzy material

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862

The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. European machine processing sugar cane from the colonies

Background imageSteam Power 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 imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862

The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. The use of this mill is to express the juice from the cane...an endless travelling-table...carries the canes up

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Merryweather and Son's patent steam fire-engine, 1862

The International Exhibition: Merryweather and Son's patent steam fire-engine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Merryweather and Son's patent steam fire-engine, 1862. This powerful and well-finished steam fire-engine

Background imageSteam Power 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 imageSteam Power 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 imageSteam Power 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 imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. The first aim was to show the superiority of steam to horse power in the inversion and cultivation of the soil

Background imageSteam Power 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 imageSteam Power 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 imageSteam Power Collection: Shilling Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson

Shilling Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Shilling Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held in South Kensington, London

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets... 1862

The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets... 1862. Creator: E Bourdelin
The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets - from a photograph by the Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Besley's type-casting machine... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Besley's type-casting machine... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Besley's type-casting machine - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Machine...exhibited by Messrs

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 6 the Power-loom; Fig. 5. the Roving-machine. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 6 the Power-loom; Fig. 5. the Roving-machine. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Processing cotton grown in India. These machines are used for the purpose of converting the rovings...into what is

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. This is the upper floor of a two-storied building upwards of 200ft. in length and 60ft

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: range of boilers for supplying steam to machinery in the... 1862

The International Exhibition: range of boilers for supplying steam to machinery in the... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: range of boilers for supplying steam to machinery in the Western Annexe, 1862....each boiler is 6ft. 6in. in diameter, and 35ft

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Gwynne's Centrifugal Pump, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Gwynne's Centrifugal Pump, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Gwynne's Centrifugal Pump, 1862.... the patented pump of Messrs. Gwynne...is a large and important affair...the cascade produced being a veritable waterfall...This

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Progress of the International Exhibition Building: the Western Annexe, for machinery, 1862

Progress of the International Exhibition Building: the Western Annexe, for machinery, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the International Exhibition Building: the Western Annexe, for machinery, 1862. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed... 1862

The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed, extracting the oil, and making oilcake, 1862

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Opening of the International Exhibition: entrance to the Western Annexe, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Opening of the International Exhibition: entrance to the Western Annexe, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the International Exhibition: entrance to the Western Annexe, 1862. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the... 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the bars previous to coiling, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Birdseye view of the late Prince Consort's model farm at Windsor, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Birdseye view of the late Prince Consort's model farm at Windsor, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Birdseye view of the late Prince Consort's model farm at Windsor, 1862. Show farm...erected with the view of benefiting the agricultural community by showing the most approved systems of

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. We are persuaded that the annexed engraving will be interesting to our readers, in connection with the great question of " The Factory Bill

Background imageSteam Power Collection: A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Creator: Unknown

A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Creator: Unknown
A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Man smoking a pipe, and a Blenkinsop steam locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Stephensons (1833) Locomotive, (1887). Creator: Unknown

Stephensons (1833) Locomotive, (1887). Creator: Unknown
Stephensons (1833) Locomotive, (1887). Diagram showing fire box, smoke box, steam head, boiler, wheels and flanges etc. The Patentee steam locomotive was introduced by pioneering British railway

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The first steam fire engine, c1830

The first steam fire engine, c1830. Invented and built by Braithwaite and Ericsson in 1830. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Munitions Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, c1870s. Artist: Theodore R Davis

Munitions Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, c1870s. Artist: Theodore R Davis
Munitions Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, c1870s. Machines speeded up production after the Civil War. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Machine for Raising Dough at Messrs. Carr and Co.'s Works, Carlisle, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Machine for Raising Dough at Messrs. Carr and Co.'s Works, Carlisle, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Machine for Raising Dough at Messrs. Carr and Co.'s Works, Carlisle, 1857. The process which has just been perfected by Dr

Background imageSteam Power Collection: United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, six boys doing laundry, 1901

United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, six boys doing laundry, 1901. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. six boys doing laundry, 1901. (Boarding school for Native American students, founded in 1879 under US governmental authority)

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Tuxford's road traction-engine, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Tuxford's road traction-engine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Tuxford's road traction-engine, 1862. This firm, in fact, holds, according to the trials of the Royal Agricultural Society

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Messrs. Harrison and Son's power-loom for weaving flax, 1862

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Harrison and Son's power-loom for weaving flax, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Harrison and Son's power-loom for weaving flax, 1862. This loom combines many important improvements

Background imageSteam Power Collection: The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims ten-horse power engine, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims ten-horse power engine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims ten-horse power engine with Biddell and Balk's boiler, showing the method of withdrawing the tubes, 1862

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Smith's locomotive battery, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Smith's locomotive battery, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Smith's locomotive battery, 1862. This is a design for a small one-gun battery intended to travel on common roads. It. is the invention of F

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Fords Theatre, Washington, D. C. between 1860 and 1880. Creator: Unknown

Fords Theatre, Washington, D. C. between 1860 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Fords Theatre, Wash. D.C. between 1860 and 1880. Site of the assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln on 14 April 1865

Background imageSteam Power Collection: Charles Brooks Hoard of New York, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

Charles Brooks Hoard of New York, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Chas. B. Hoard of N.Y. between 1855 and 1865. [Politician and businessman: manufacturer of portable steam engines]



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