Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem ...

Of late years the attention of inventors has been di-rf S,ed to the application of steam to the suction and forcing of water in fire engines ; and many powerful fire engines worked exclusively by ...

At all events, the fact of the existence of this floating steam fire engine should be made known to parties interested in shipping, in order that its services can be brought into requisition upon ...

This steam fire engine was horse drawn. It was used for transferring water from lakes on the Tehidy Estate in Cornwall. Nowadays fire engines have an emergency response of just minutes from the ...

The parts shown do not represent a steam-hammer piston and part of the rod. Working Models for Engineering Students. Engine Slide-Valves. Designed by Messrs. T. Jones, and T. G. Jones. Second edition.

The petition was granted, and before the levy was made the $10,000 had been spent for two steam fire engines and other supplies. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Throughout the mid nineteenth century fire engines were either horse drawn or pulled by men, until steam power came into use later in the century. This engine was used in Banham in Norfolk.

This is a vintage live steam road roller made by the English brand Mamod around 1960. The company was founded in Birmingham ...

Q: Why are the flanges on model steam engine drive wheels so much larger than on the prototypes? Is it because the models don ...