Steam Power Collection (page 4)

Navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line
5308404 Navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line. Dated 19th century)

Navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line
5308403 Navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line. Dated 19th century)

Hiram Maxim's steam-powered plane
5616595 Hiram Maxim's steam-powered plane; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Hiram Maxim's steam-powered plane. Hiram Maxim (1840-1916) a British inventor. Dated 19th Century

Alpha steam wagon
5616725 Alpha steam wagon; (add.info.: Alpha steam wagon, English 1832. 01/01/1832); Universal History Archive/UIG

Steam road locomotive with boiler, by David Napier
5616723 Steam road locomotive with boiler, by David Napier; (add.info.: Steam road locomotive with boiler, by David Napier)

Thomson's road steamer, pulling a train of loaded coal wagons
5616717 Thomson's road steamer, pulling a train of loaded coal wagons; (add.info.: line illustration of Bollee's Steam Bus, Paris, France 1895. A steam bus is a bus powered by a steam engine)

Gustaf de Laval's centrifugal cream separator
3732612 Gustaf de Laval's centrifugal cream separator; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Gustaf de Laval's centrifugal cream separator)

A Wilkinsons, Wright & Co's steam driven threshing and stacking machine
3732436 A Wilkinsons, Wright & Co's steam driven threshing and stacking machine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Wilkinsons, Wright & Co.'s steam driven threshing and stacking machine)

Steam engines and threshing machines at the 1854 Smithfield Show
3732404 Steam engines and threshing machines at the 1854 Smithfield Show; (add.info.: Illustration depicting steam engines and threshing machines at the 1854 Smithfield Show)

Gustaf de Laval's centrifugal cream separator
3732613 Gustaf de Laval's centrifugal cream separator; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Gustaf de Laval's centrifugal cream separator)

A plough for steam ploughing
3732427 A plough for steam ploughing; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a plough for steam ploughing, using a steel cable to pull the plough from side to side of the field)

Francois-Edmond Paris, 19th century (engraving)
3733821 Francois-Edmond Paris, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Francois-Edmond Paris (1806-1893) a French admiral

Matthew C. Perry's paddle steamer
3733687 Matthew C. Perry's paddle steamer.; (add.info.: Painting depicting Matthew C. Perry's paddle steamer used during his expedition to Japan)

A demonstration of Boydell's steam plough
3740609 A demonstration of Boydell's steam plough; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a demonstration of Boydell's steam plough. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Steam engines and threshing machines at the 1854 Smithfield Show
3740725 Steam engines and threshing machines at the 1854 Smithfield Show; (add.info.: Illustration depicting steam engines and threshing machines at the 1854 Smithfield Show)

The steamer Quito, 1850
3478502 The steamer Quito, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the steamer Quito belonging to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The loss of the steamer Great Liverpool, 1850
3478492 The loss of the steamer Great Liverpool, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the loss of the steamer the Great Liverpool near Cape Finistere)

The Alfonso XII, 1850
3478486 The Alfonso XII, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the Alfonso XII steamship. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Steam - powered earth excavators
2603924 Steam - powered earth excavators; (add.info.: Panama Canal: excavating with steam - powered earth excavators and earth transporters at Tabemilla during the de Lesseps attempt to dig)

James Watt
3586207 James Watt; (add.info.: Cartoon of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

James Watt
3586204 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

James Watt
3586205 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 New Australian Clipper Royal Family, 1850
3330910 The New Australian Clipper Royal Family, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of the New Australian Clipper Royal Family'. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Captain Dicey's shallow draft twin-hulled Channel steamer Castalia, 1850
3330669 Captain Dicey's shallow draft twin-hulled Channel steamer Castalia, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of Captain Dicey's shallow draft twin-hulled Channel steamer Castalia')

Bessemer's anti-roll Channel steamer, 1850
3330652 Bessemer's anti-roll Channel steamer, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon of Bessemer's anti-roll Channel steamer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The launch of the paddle steamer Ariel, 1850
3359211 The launch of the paddle steamer Ariel, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the launch of the paddle steamer Ariel at Rotherhithe. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The paddle steamer The Golden Age, 1850
3359202 The paddle steamer The Golden Age, 1850; (add.info.: Portrait of the paddle steamer The Golden Age owned by the New York and Australian Steam Navigation Company)

The Custom House, London, 1850
3359161 The Custom House, London, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the Custom House, London, showing busy paddle steamer and other traffic on the Thames)

Henry Bell's steamboat Comet, 1850
3359155 Henry Bell's steamboat Comet, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of Henry Bell's steamboat Comet, showing the engine and paddles. Henry Bell (1767-1830) a Scottish engineer

The loss of the Great Liverpool Steamer, 1850
3330820 The loss of the Great Liverpool Steamer, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the loss of the Great Liverpool Steamer, off Cape Finisterre. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Symington's steam engine
3359464 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)

The launch of the paddle steamer Ariel, 1850
3359937 The launch of the paddle steamer Ariel, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the launch of the paddle steamer Ariel at Rotherhithe. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The new steamship Tartar, 1850
3359206 The new steamship Tartar, 1850; (add.info.: Portrait of the new steamship Tartar'. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A small paddle steamer on the Thames, 1850
3359170 A small paddle steamer on the Thames, 1850; (add.info.: Portrait of a small paddle steamer on the River Thames. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Steam launches following the crews in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, 1850
3359163 Steam launches following the crews in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of steam launches following the crews in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race)

The Custom House, London, 1850
3359162 The Custom House, London, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the Custom House, London, showing busy paddle steamer and other traffic on the Thames)

The steamer The Great Britain, 1850
3478580 The steamer The Great Britain, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the steamer The Great Britain, the first screw steamer to cross the Atlantic, ashore in Dundrum Bay)

The steamer The Great Britain, 1850
3478573 The steamer The Great Britain, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the steamer The Great Britain, the first screw steamer to cross the Atlantic)

A paddle steamer, 1850
3478561 A paddle steamer, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a paddle steamer on the upper Missouri. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Paddle steamers at the Levee, 1850
3478558 Paddle steamers at the Levee, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting paddle steamers at the Levee in San Francisco. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

An excursion steamer, 1850
3478553 An excursion steamer, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an excursion steamer on the Hudson River. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A paddle steamer on the Mississippi River, 1850
3478552 A paddle steamer on the Mississippi River, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the loading of a paddle steamer from a cotton chute on the Mississippi River)

The paddle steamer The Carroll of Carrolton, 1850
3478547 The paddle steamer The Carroll of Carrolton, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an American river paddle steamer The Carroll of Carrolton')

The steamer The Great Britain, 1850
3478575 The steamer The Great Britain, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the steamer The Great Britain, the first screw steamer to cross the Atlantic, ashore in Dundrum Bay)

Thomson's road steamer, pulling a train of loaded coal wagons
5616720 Thomson's road steamer, pulling a train of loaded coal wagons; (add.info.: line illustration of Bollee's Steam Bus, Paris, France 1895. A steam bus is a bus powered by a steam engine)

A Steam traction Engine
5616713 A Steam traction Engine; (add.info.: Line illustration of a Steam traction Engine, 1888. 01/01/1888); Universal History Archive/UIG

Thorneycroft Steam truck
5616712 Thorneycroft Steam truck; (add.info.: Thorneycroft Steam truck, built in their factory at Chiswick.1899. 01/01/1899); Universal History Archive/UIG

Engraving depicting a steam crane being used to move cargo off boats, 19th century
5308946 Engraving depicting a steam crane being used to move cargo off boats, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a steam crane being used to move cargo off boats)

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"Unleashing the Power of Steam: A Journey through Time and Innovation" Step back in time to 19th century England, where the birthplace revolutionized transportation and industry. The iconic steam engine, a symbol of progress and ingenuity, propelled the United Kingdom into a new era. In October 1829, the Rainhill Trials showcased the incredible potential of steam engines. Engineers from all over Europe gathered to witness this groundbreaking event that would shape the future of locomotion forever. Across the country, marvels like the Manchester Ship Canal emerged in this era. Constructed during the 19th century, it connected Manchester to Liverpool and facilitated trade on an unprecedented scale – all thanks to steam-powered vessels. Venturing beyond England's borders, we find ourselves in Dorset at The Great Dorset Steam Fair. This annual spectacle celebrates our industrial heritage with magnificent displays of vintage machinery that once powered farms and factories alike. But let us not forget those who dared to conquer vast oceans using steam power. In 1819, history was made as a steamship successfully completed its first Atlantic crossing – marking a turning point for global travel and communication. Closer to home on Ohio River's Marietta in the 1870s, another chapter unfolded as paddlewheelers navigated these waters with ease – showcasing how steam power brought prosperity along America's waterways. Meanwhile, across New York State in 1831 came yet another milestone: Mohawk and Hudson Railroad became one of America's first successful railway systems driven by powerful locomotives fueled by none other than steam. The innovation did not stop there; Bristol introduced us to Fairbairn Steam Crane - an engineering marvel that transformed heavy lifting operations across industries worldwide. As we fast forward through time to Albany & Buffalo Railroad schedule from 1843 or witness workers cheering California’s first train traversing mountains – it becomes evident how essential steam power was in shaping the American landscape.