Steam Engine | PICRYL collections

This train is now ready to depart

Description: "Photograph of railway guard giving the signal to the engine driver." Photograph by RL Sirus...Date: 1884..Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/369/256 ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/dis... more

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...

[Hero's miraculous altar]

Illustration shows the details of a steam-driven mechanical apparatus for opening doors. Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Gli artificiosi e cvriosi moti spiritali di Herone / Giambattista Aleotti. Bol... more

[Engraved frontispiece showing pressure cookers opposite the title pag...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: A new digester or engine for softning bones, .... / by Denis Papin M.D. London : Printed by J. M. for H. Bonwicke, 1681. Published in: The tradition of technology : La... more

[The miner's friend, a pump using steam to create a vacuum to draw wat...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Philosophical transactions, giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world. London : C... more

The fire engine, common pump, &c

Print shows three figures illustrating water pumps; figure 3 shows a water tank with two men operating a pump and a fireman holding a hose. Title from item. Inscribed in pencil on upper left corner: 1765. (DLC/... more

Plan of Mr. Fitch's steam boat

Print shows broadside view of John Fitch's design for ferry boat with steam-driven oars. Title from item. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or monthly miscellany,.... Philadelphia : Printed for T. Seddon, W. S... more

[Early steam locomotive with toothed "propelling wheel" which gripped ...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The monthly magazine. [London : Printed for R. Phillips], 1814 June 1. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bru... more

Patent puffs to raise the wind or Dandy steam packets on contrary Jack...

Print shows three men attempting to power their bicycles by means of flatulence. Title from item. Library of Congress copy is hand-colored. Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC). Publisher's name misspell... more

Steam engine - Mr. Watt's double steam engine from his specification o...

Print shows gears and pump mechanism for a steam engine. Title from item. Illus. in: A system of mechanical philosophy. Edinburgh : J. Murray, 1822. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of West... more

The Upper Schuylkill Bridge at Philadelphia, from the S.E. The greates...

Print shows the Upper Ferry or Colossus Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River at Callowhill Street in Philadelphia, a single span, slightly arched, covered bridge, also shows a detail of a "plan", "transverse se... more

[Rear and side view of George Stephenson's steam locomotive and railro...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Reports on canals, railways, roads, and other subjects, made to "The Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvement" / By William Strickland ... while ... more

Pack und transport dampfwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und...

Print showing two views of freight trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with flatbed cars for hauling standard freight and cars with rails and cages for hauling livestock, drawn by steam loco... more

Dampf eilwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und Manchester / C...

Print showing two views of passenger trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with enclosed and open passenger cars, drawn by steam locomotives between Liverpool and Manchester, England. Title from item.

[Amphibious steam powered carriage and paddle boat designed by Oliver ...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The Boston mechanic and journal of the useful arts and sciences. Boston : G.W. Light & Co., 1834 July, p. 17. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of ... more

The steam ship President, Lieut. Roberts R.N. commander: the largest i...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6196

These are to certify that Richard Lawrence is pursuant to law nominate...

Print shows Neptune/Poseidon seated on the left on dark clouds at water's edge, receiving the keys to the City of New York from a female figure identified as "Protection" and another female figure identified as... more

Philadelphia fire and life insurance co. Perpetual engraved by J. McGo...

Print shows four men wearing business suits and top hats standing in front of as steam fire engine parked on a Philadelphia street. Title from item. Caption continues: This policy of insurance witnesseth, that ... more

Steam ship of War Eagle

"Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y.: 1842." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Penniman.

The explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri, at Gibralte...

Crew of H.M.S. Malabar (foreground, left) watch as USS Missouri explodes and burns in the distance from accidental fire after completing first trans-Atlantic voyage of a U.S. steam powered ship the day prior.

The aerial steam carriage

Pictorial lettersheet shows British inventor William Samuel Henson's proposed steam powered flying machine in an imaginary flight over the Thames River, London, 1843. Attempts to fly a model of the aerial steam... more

Royal mail steam ship, Europe

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5675

Pennington & Cos. aerial steam ship or composite ballon lith. of P.S. ...

Print shows an aerial steamship labeled "New Era" that has a chimney at top and a house-like building on the bottom. Includes a portrait of John H. Pennington with facsimile signature and a description of "Stea... more

U.S. mail steam ship Pacific: Collins line, builders, hull by Brown & ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6838

Fire in Philadelphia J. Queen

Drawing shows Weccacoe engine fire fighters and Hibernia fire fighters before the Hope fire station in Philadelphia, which has caught on fire. The fire fighters are operating fire engines to pump water into the... more

Philadelphia fire company mobile steam driven water pump

Photograph shows a piece of firefighting equipment on display in front of a firehouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several men are standing around a horsedrawn steam driven water pump. Title devised by Librar... more

Carriage or fire engine

Title devised by Library staff. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

The great pictorial romance of the age, or, steam ship commodores & Un...

American political cartoon about the awarding of United States mail contracts. Print shows steamships (two shaped like rocking horses) and a balloon labeled "California mail balloon via Nicaragua," with discuss... more

U.S. mail steam ship, Atlantic: Collins line. builders, hull by Wm. H....

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6832

U.S. mail steam ship Baltic: Collins line. builders, hull by Brown & B...

Steam Hammer. Nasmyth.

Design and model of the new steamer America, for the western lakes

Print showing port side view of the steamer America. Title from item. Caption continues: To be built and run between Buffalo and Cleveland. Invented, designed and drawn by Darius Davison, New York. Copyright 18... more

Amerikansk illustration föreställande ett imaginärt tåg med segel och ...

Amerikansk illustration föreställande ett imaginärt tåg med segel och ankare.

The great American steamer, General Washington, the largest boat in th...

Stamped lower left: 24 July 1852.

(The London and North Western Railway ) L&NWR lok 1876

Engelska ånglok från London & North Western Railway, LNWR lok 1979 och...

Engelska ånglok från London & North Western Railway, LNWR lok 1979 och LNWR lok 1932 "Velocipede".

United States mail steam ship "Pacific"

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Day & Son.

Steam engine with 9 in. cyl. 18 in. stroke by J.T. Sutton & Co. Frankl...

Print shows front and side views and a cut-away view of a steam engine. Title from item. Printed at top right corner: Pl. 1. Illus. from: The American engineer, draftsman, and machinist's assistant : designed f... more

[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]

Drawing is third panel on the "Machinery Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist. Title devised by Library staff.

Königlich Bayerischen Staatseisenbahnen, K.Bay.Sts.B lok "KUFSTEIN".

Nasmyth's patent steam hammer, copied by permission of the inventor fr...

Title from item. Illus. in: Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering / ed. by Charles Tomlinson.... London : New York, G. Virtue & co., 1854. Published in: The t... more

Steamer Wallamet

Copy photograph of daguerreotype shows the sidewheel steamboat Wallamet ca. 1854. Title from item.

[Stern paddle-wheel steam tugboat towing British warship]

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: A description and draught of a new-invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour,.... [London : Reprinted for J. Sheepshanks, 1855 from 17... more

Explosion of a steam fire engine, Cincinnati

Wood engraving by Bobbett-Hooper(?). Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1855 Dec. 22. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind.; Steam engines; Disa... more

United States "Auxiliary Screw" steam frigate "Merrimac" 60 guns. Off ...

Print showing a broadside view of the port side of the steam frigate U.S.S. Merrimack undersail near the entrance to New York harbor. Includes measurements for length, breadth, weight, and horse power. Title fr... more

Resumption of the fast express train Through to Pittsburg in 13 hours....

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 8g.

Göteborg C inviges 1856.

Bangården vid Malmö station. Malmö Central station. Från 1856 till 186...

Railway stations in Sweden

Stockholms gamla riksdagshuset.

New York & Erie railroad. The great double track, and only broad gauge...

Transportation.; Handwritten on verso: 1854. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 62, Folder 18.

Teckning Station

Railway stations in Sweden

Bangården i Lund

Robertsholm station före namnbytet till Hofors. Framför stationshuset ...

Railway stations in Sweden

United States "Auxiliary Screw" steam frigate "Merrimac" 60 guns. Off ...

Print showing a broadside view of the port side of the steam frigate U.S.S. Merrimack undersail near the entrance to New York harbor. Title from item.

1856. Day boat for Albany & Troy ... The favorite steamer Armenia, Cap...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 8e.

Kronprins Carl inviger Arboga - Örebro

Engine, J.H. Devereux, Alexandria

Photograph shows the ornately decorated locomotive J.H. Devereux, of the United States Military Railroad with two crew members on board outside the roundhouse at the Alexandria station. Title from item. Publish... more

1857 Pennsylvania central railroad, in direct connection with the Pitt...

Steamer PASSPORT

Advertisement for Canadian steamer service between Montreal and Milwaukee, 1857. Reference copy may be in LOT 4426 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Capt... more

Jubileumsbild från Göteborg.

Railway stations in Sweden

Grand Celebration of the Cincinnati Steam Fire Dept. in honor of the o...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1857 June 6, p. 8 & 9. Reference copy may be in LOT 4428. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Firefighting...; St... more

Illustration från invigningen av järnvägen mellan Arboga och Örebro 18...

Illustration från invigningen av järnvägen mellan Arboga och Örebro 1857.

Grand Celebration of the Cincinnati Steam Fire Dept. in honor of the o...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1857 June 6, p. 8 & 9. Reference copy may be in LOT 4428. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Firefighting...; St... more

Engelskt lok "Antelope"

technology from "The Book of the Baltic, being the North of Europe Ste...

This image has been taken from scan 000009 from "The Book of the Baltic, being the North of Europe Steam Company's route to Denmark, Sweden, and Russia, Norway, Prussia, and the Hanseatic Ports". The title and ... more

Lokstall, NJ ( Norbergs Jvg. ) lok "Norberg" och "Åmänningen"

Statens Järnvägsbyggnad, SJB lok 3 "Bore"

Tyskt ånglok "Die Pfalz", tillverkat av Maffei, en av de viktigaste pi...

Tyskt ånglok "Die Pfalz", tillverkat av Maffei, en av de viktigaste pionjärerna inom järnvägen.

The self-propelling steam fire-engine, "J.C. Cary"

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 November 20), p. 749. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

A print of Winan's new Iron Steamer, taken September 29th, 1858, on th...

Title from item. Copyright deposit.

Invigning av Göteborgs stationshus västra stambanan, litografi. Linjen...

Railway stations in Sweden

Westra Stambanan, WSB 21 "Odin"

Statens Järnvägar, SJ B 8 "Stockholm"

The Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board (Swedish: Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was Swedish government agency responsible for operating the state-owned rai... more

Det lutande planet på Abborrberget och huset för spelverket.

Beyer, Peacock-lok

Del av Kärrgruvans bangård. Från Vänster Norbergs Järnväg, Norbergs J ...

Del av Kärrgruvans bangård. Från Vänster Norbergs Järnväg, Norbergs J lok 1 "Norberg" med lokförare N P Lantz och Norbergs J lok 2 "Åmänningen" med förare Abr. Andersson.

Tyskt lok "Borussia", tillverkad av Borsig.

Statens Järnvägar, SJ B 8 "Stockholm" Tillverkat av Beyer Peacock nr 1...

The Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board (Swedish: Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was Swedish government agency responsible for operating the state-owned rai... more

Harper's Ferry insurrection - Interior of the Engine-House, just befor...

Men shot and bleeding, John Brown and others with rifle and pikes, and hostages inside the engine house of the Harpers Ferry Armory. Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 2... more

Invigning av Hofors station.

Railway stations in Sweden

Statens Järnvägar, SJ B 8 "Stockholm"

The Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board (Swedish: Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was Swedish government agency responsible for operating the state-owned rai... more

Teckning av Gävle - Dala Järnväg, GDJ lok 4 med tåg

Harper's Ferry insurrection - the battle ground - Captain Alberts' par...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 Nov. 5, p. 358.

Gävle - Dala Järnväg, GDJ lok 4 "Norden"

[Illustrated cover and back page advertisement from Appleton's railway...

Illustration showing train coming out of mountain tunnel and advertisement for sale of farming and wood lands showing men threshing.

Statens Järnvägar, SJ B 8 "Stockholm"

The Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board (Swedish: Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was Swedish government agency responsible for operating the state-owned rai... more

Statens Järnvägar, SJ lok 8 "Stockholm"

The Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board (Swedish: Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was Swedish government agency responsible for operating the state-owned rai... more

Statens Järnvägar, SJ B 8 "Stockholm".

The Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board (Swedish: Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was Swedish government agency responsible for operating the state-owned rai... more

Engelskt ånglok. London and North Western Railway, LNWR Problem 134 "P...

Engelskt ånglok. London and North Western Railway, LNWR Problem 134 "Princess Royal".

Midland Ry-lok

Statens Järnvägar, SJ B 8 "Stockholm"

The Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board (Swedish: Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was Swedish government agency responsible for operating the state-owned rai... more

Norbergs Järnväg. Från Vänster lok 1 "Norberg" med lokförare N P Lantz...

Norbergs Järnväg. Från Vänster lok 1 "Norberg" med lokförare N P Lantz och lok 2 "Åmänningen" med förare Abr. Andersson.

Statens Järnvägar, SJ B 8 "Stockholm".

The Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board (Swedish: Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was Swedish government agency responsible for operating the state-owned rai... more