Steam Engine Collection (#3)

19th-century illustration showing Michaux-Perreaux's, steam velocipede; a steam-powered velocipede made in France
5311499 19th-century illustration showing Michaux-Perreaux's, steam velocipede; a steam-powered velocipede made in France sometime from 1867 to 1871

Jet cart demonstrating Newton's 3rd law of motion
5615877 Jet cart demonstrating Newton's 3rd law of motion; (add.info.: Jet cart demonstrating Newton's 3rd law of motion, Paris 1747.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Irish Mail at Euston (colour litho)
8649478 The Irish Mail at Euston (colour litho) by Somerfield, Thomas (1876-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Irish Mail at Euston)

Steam ploughing with a traction engine and anchor (litho)
8663706 Steam ploughing with a traction engine and anchor (litho) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Steam ploughing with a traction engine and anchor)

Boulton & Watt single-action pumping engine (b/w photo)
8663711 Boulton & Watt single-action pumping engine (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

A motorcyclist barely escaped at the intersection of two steam locomotives, crossing the railways, around 1900
NWI4963370 A motorcyclist barely escaped at the intersection of two steam locomotives, crossing the railways, around 1900. Illustration by William Harnden Foster (1886-1941)

First traffic on the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4962717 First traffic on the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: First traffic on the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865)

Steam Train: First train on Key West Railroad Railway Bridge, Florida, USA. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4963720 Steam Train: First train on Key West Railroad Railway Bridge, Florida, USA. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Steam Train: First train on Key West Railroad Railway Bridge)

A sailor saves a woman and her children from the fire of a steamboat, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834500 A sailor saves a woman and her children from the fire of a steamboat, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a threshing scene with a thresher driven by a steam machine, 1870
LUX4751019 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a threshing scene with a thresher driven by a steam machine, 1870; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Passenger in a cart drawn by Peter Cooper's experimental locomotive "Tom Thumb" on the B & O railway
NWI4954231 Passenger in a cart drawn by Peter Cooper's experimental locomotive "Tom Thumb" on the B & O railway track, 1830

Thomas Savery
3585624 Thomas Savery; (add.info.: Thomas Savery (c. 1650-1715) was an English inventor and engineer, born at Shilstone, a manor house near Modbury, Devon, England

Home of James Watt
3586198 Home of James Watt; (add.info.: Home of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

National Testimonial (memorial) proposed for James Watt
3586193 National Testimonial (memorial) proposed for James Watt; (add.info.: National Testimonial (memorial) proposed for James Watt

A water cart for replenish the boiler of a steam engine used in mechanical ploughing
3732414 A water cart for replenish the boiler of a steam engine used in mechanical ploughing; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a water cart for replenish the boiler of a steam engine used in)

A self-moving anchor for use in mechanical ploughing
3732420 A self-moving anchor for use in mechanical ploughing; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a self-moving anchor for use in mechanical ploughing with steam engine at one side of field)

Garret & Son's portable steam engine driving a threshing machine
3732474 Garret & Son's portable steam engine driving a threshing machine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Garret & Son's portable steam engine driving a threshing machine)

Letters O, P: O for Observation car on an american train, P for Puffing Billy the first steam engine built 1829
DUV4216942 Letters O, P: O for Observation car on an american train, P for Puffing Billy the first steam engine built 1829, PUFF PUFF ABC

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Gare du Nord, general view with steam locomotives
LUX4768821 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Gare du Nord, general view with steam locomotives, freight and passenger wagons - A cart of milk pots loads wagons - Customs building, at the back

Symington's steam engine
3359947 Symington's steam engine; (add.info.: Engraving of Symington's steam engine, used to successfully to drive the paddles of a boat on Lake Dalswinton, Scotland)

James Stevens second steam boat, 1850
3359945 James Stevens second steam boat, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting James Stevens second steam boat. Constructed in 1804 by James Stevens (1749-1838)

James Stevens first steam boat, 1850
3359944 James Stevens first steam boat, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting James Stevens first steam boat. Constructed in 1804 by James Stevens (1749-1838)

A patent 3-cylinder oscillating steam engine for marine use, 1850
3330543 A patent 3-cylinder oscillating steam engine for marine use, 1850; (add.info.: A patent 3-cylinder oscillating steam engine for marine use)

A double cylinder expansion marine steam engine, 1850
3330703 A double cylinder expansion marine steam engine, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a double cylinder expansion marine steam engine. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A steam car, model of the Tolede automobile, 1879 (illustration)
AIS5380083 A steam car, model of the Tolede automobile, 1879 (illustration); Private Collection; © Iberfoto

March of Intellect. Mechanical, 1829 (hand coloured etching on paper)
7483082 March of Intellect. Mechanical, 1829 (hand coloured etching on paper) by Seymour, Robert (1798-1836); 25x35 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Express steam train. Doll's alphabet. Imaging of Pont-a-Mousson by Louis Vagne, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4201711 Express steam train. Doll's alphabet. Imaging of Pont-a-Mousson by Louis Vagne, c.1900 (lithograph); 31.5x24.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Duvallon

France, Burgundy, Nievre (58): the railway station of Nevers and a steam locomotive, 1909 - Locomotive 188
LUX4748458 France, Burgundy, Nievre (58): the railway station of Nevers and a steam locomotive, 1909 - Locomotive 188; (add.info.: France, Burgundy)

Letter P: Puffing Billy the first steam engine built 1829, PUFF PUFF ABC. c.1905 (lithograph)
DUV4216930 Letter P: Puffing Billy the first steam engine built 1829, PUFF PUFF ABC. c.1905 (lithograph); 22x19 cm; (add.info.: British manufacturer)

James Watt
3586307 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The steam carriage designed by Mr Church
5312158 The steam carriage designed by Mr Church; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the steam carriage designed by Mr Church, which was intended to run between London and Birmingham)

A steam traction engine
5312175 A steam traction engine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a steam traction engine. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Transport: une locomotive a vapeur sort d'un tunnel pres de Bath en Angleterre
FGL5462832 Transport: une locomotive a vapeur sort d'un tunnel pres de Bath en Angleterre. Frontispice du guide des chemins de fer de Great Western par J. C. Bourne. 1830 environ; Fototeca Gilardi

Watt's steam engine
5310242 Watt's steam engine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Watt's steam engine, built for the Chelsea water works, London. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Snow Hill Tunnel
5308371 Snow Hill Tunnel.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Snow Hill Tunnel on the London to Birmingham Railway Line. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

The laying of track on the Bolan Pass Railway Line
5308366 The laying of track on the Bolan Pass Railway Line.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the laying of track on the Bolan Pass Railway Line which served the British army station at Quetta)

A steam locomotive of the Boynton Bicycle Railroad
5308340 A steam locomotive of the Boynton Bicycle Railroad.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a steam locomotive of the Boynton Bicycle Railroad with a double-deck cab)

The patent from the Crampton express locomotive
5308423 The patent from the Crampton express locomotive.; (add.info.: The patent from the Crampton express locomotive, designed by Thomas Russell Crampton)

Hyde Park as it will be, 1846. Satirical futuristic print of gentlemen riding personal steam engines pumping out fumes
FLO4995407 Hyde Park as it will be, 1846. Satirical futuristic print of gentlemen riding personal steam engines pumping out fumes

Sciences: eolipyle, steam machine, as it was drawn by Heron of Alexandria or Heron The Elder
NWI4947793 Sciences: eolipyle, steam machine, as it was drawn by Heron of Alexandria or Heron The Elder, Greek engineer and mathematician of the 1st century BC

Steamboat of the Royal Post Office "Arabia" on the Cunard line, 1850. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4963687 Steamboat of the Royal Post Office "Arabia" on the Cunard line, 1850. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info)

Two locomotives ran steam along parallel tracks around 1900. Printing, 20th century
NWI4963375 Two locomotives ran steam along parallel tracks around 1900. Printing, 20th century. Illustration by William Harnden Foster (1886-1941).; (add.info)

Steamboat "Great Eastern" trying to lay the telegraph cable in the Atlantic Ocean, 1850s
NWI4962809 Steamboat "Great Eastern" trying to lay the telegraph cable in the Atlantic Ocean, 1850s. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Portland Maine steam locomotive, c.1860
3031127 Portland Maine steam locomotive, c.1860 ; Private Collection; © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Train stopped by the snow, c.1900 (illustration)
8698391 Train stopped by the snow, c.1900 (illustration); (add.info.: Transport. Train. Train stopped by the snow. Illustration in: Le Petit Journal, France, ca 1900.); © Archives Charmet

Iron Railway Bridge over the River Wye, now in course of erection by Messrs. W. and J
7426829 Iron Railway Bridge over the River Wye, now in course of erection by Messrs. W. and J. Galloway, Engineers and Iron-founders, Manchester, for the Newport, Abergavenny

Locomotion c1857 (photo mounted on card)
7426827 Locomotion c1857 (photo mounted on card); 15x19 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire, UK; (add.info.: View of 0-4-0 the tender steam locomotive Locomotion')

Puffing Billy, 1862 (photo mounted on card)
7426826 Puffing Billy, 1862 (photo mounted on card); 15x20 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire, UK; (add.info)

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"Unleashing the Power: A Journey Through the Steam Engine Era" Step back in time to witness the marvels of steam power that shaped an era. 🚂✨ St. Paul's and Ludgate Hill, c. 1887 (oil on canvas): Amidst a bustling cityscape, towering above all stands St. Paul's Cathedral as smoke billows from a magnificent steam engine below. Stephensons Rocket 1829: The birth of innovation. Marvel at George Stephenson's groundbreaking locomotive that revolutionized transportation forever. Old fashioned steam train locomotive: Hear the rhythmic chugging and feel the vibrations beneath your feet as you embark on a nostalgic journey aboard an old-fashioned steam train. Poster advertising the Orient Express, 1888: Embark on a luxurious adventure across Europe with this iconic poster beckoning travelers to experience opulence and grandeur aboard the legendary Orient Express powered by mighty steam engines. London Paddington station, Great Western Railway, 1840: Step into history at one of Britain's oldest railway stations where majestic steam engines once roared to life, connecting people and places like never before. Puffing Devil locomotive artwork: Immerse yourself in artistry as you admire a captivating depiction of Richard Trevithick's pioneering "Puffing Devil, " marking its place in history as one of the first successful steam-powered vehicles. Steam engine, England, United Kingdom, Europe: Explore how these powerful machines became synonymous with industrial progress across England and throughout Europe during their golden age. Close-up of a fairground engine, England, United Kingdom, Europe: Witness firsthand how even fairgrounds embraced this revolutionary technology – behold intricate details up close as gears turn and pistons pump with mesmerizing precision. The New Great Western Railway Engine Caerphilly Castle on occasion demonstration .