Steam Machine Collection

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)

Morlaix (Finistere, Brittany): the docks and the viaduct on which a steam train passes - railway - boat with barrels
PCT4290404 Morlaix (Finistere, Brittany): the docks and the viaduct on which a steam train passes - railway - boat with barrels - original sepia photography (albumin paper)

Algerie, Oranie, Saint Aime: Plain du Cheleff, steamer dragging a tank car from the Syndicat des petroles du Dahra
LUX4781263 Algerie, Oranie, Saint Aime: Plain du Cheleff, steamer dragging a tank car from the Syndicat des petroles du Dahra, 1904 - Syndicat des petroles d'Oran/saint Aime; (add.info.: Algerie)

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

France, Centre: Tar of a country road with a public works machine driven by horses, 1900
LUX4810974 France, Centre: Tar of a country road with a public works machine driven by horses, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre: Tar of a country road with a public works machine driven by horses)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A train passing Porte de Clignancourt, 1890
LUX4811076 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A train passing Porte de Clignancourt, 1890; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A train passing Porte de Clignancourt

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: Harvest in Saint Roch with German prisoners, 1917
LUX4798202 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: Harvest in Saint Roch with German prisoners, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh: Edinburgh marshalling station with locomotives and trains in station, 1895
LUX4797098 United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh: Edinburgh marshalling station with locomotives and trains in station, 1895; (add.info.: United Kingdom, Scotland)

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

Porter brewery, powered by a steam-engine, late 18th century. Showing reservoir, steam engine, malt lofts, mill, pump
FLO4593475 Porter brewery, powered by a steam-engine, late 18th century. Showing reservoir, steam engine, malt lofts, mill, pump, malt binns, rowser shaft, chimney, copper and coolers

James Watt's single-acting steam engine for pumping Chelsea Water Works, 18th century
FLO4593377 James Watt's single-acting steam engine for pumping Chelsea Water Works, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

France: Freight train and steam locomotive, 1900
LUX4768940 France: Freight train and steam locomotive, 1900; (add.info.: France: Freight train and steam locomotive, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

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

Steam engines: Jonathan Hornblower's compound steam engine, Edmund Cartwright's alcohol engine
FLO4593271 Steam engines: Jonathan Hornblower's compound steam engine, Edmund Cartwright's alcohol engine and Arthur Woolf's high-pressure compound steam engine, 18th and 19th century

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)

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)

Train crossing a burning forest west of the United States (Rocky Mountains), years 1890
NWI4963670 Train crossing a burning forest west of the United States (Rocky Mountains), years 1890. Engraving after a 19th century illustration; (add.info)

Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway in the 1850s. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4963668 Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway in the 1850s. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway in the 1850s)

Steam picker by MM Barrat Freres. Engraving 1867
JAB4121057 Steam picker by MM Barrat Freres. Engraving 1867; (add.info.: Steam picker by MM Barrat Freres. Engraving 1867); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Steam car by Goldsworthy Gurney (1793-1875), London 1827
JAB4120844 Steam car by Goldsworthy Gurney (1793-1875), London 1827.; (add.info.: Steam car by Goldsworthy Gurney (1793-1875), London 1827.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

France, Poitou-Charentes, Deux-Sevres (79): Steam locomotive in a train station, 1875 - State 2080 Guemene fives-lille
LUX4749402 France, Poitou-Charentes, Deux-Sevres (79): Steam locomotive in a train station, 1875 - State 2080 Guemene fives-lille; (add.info.: France, Poitou-Charentes)

Alaska Gold Rush: First steamer to transport gold from the city of Dawson, Yukon, Canada in 1898
NWI4838016 Alaska Gold Rush: First steamer to transport gold from the city of Dawson, Yukon, Canada in 1898. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Alaska Gold Rush)

France, Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique (44), Guerande: June 1906, ramparts and outskirts with earthmoving
LUX4784206 France, Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique (44), Guerande: June 1906, ramparts and outskirts with earthmoving and tarmac machines, Porte Saint-Michel, 1906; (add.info.: France)

France, Centre, Cher (18): the harvest, the team of reapers poses in a farm yard before threshing, 1900
LUX4759440 France, Centre, Cher (18): the harvest, the team of reapers poses in a farm yard before threshing, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Cher (18): the harvest

Steam engines by Thomas Savery, William Blakey, Mr Kier, and Denis Papin, 17th and 18th centuries
FLO4593330 Steam engines by Thomas Savery, William Blakey, Mr Kier, and Denis Papin, 17th and 18th centuries. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

Steam engine, on the principle of Thomas Newcomen, as constructed by John Smeaton, 19th century
FLO4593327 Steam engine, on the principle of Thomas Newcomen, as constructed by John Smeaton, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

USA, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Railway Station, 1885 - Santa cruz Express Transfer, Ocean villa hotel
LUX4747669 USA, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Railway Station, 1885 - Santa cruz Express Transfer, Ocean villa hotel; (add.info.: USA, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Railway Station)

Asphalt paving of the sidewalk
JAB4120749 Asphalt paving of the sidewalk.; (add.info.: Asphalt paving of the sidewalk.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Portrait of Denis Papin (1647-1714), French Inventor
XEE5030978 Portrait of Denis Papin (1647-1714), French Inventor; (add.info.: Portrait of Denis Papin (1647-1714), French Inventor); Stefano Bianchetti.

United States, New York: steam locomotive in Syracuse, New York, years 1850. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4966814 United States, New York: steam locomotive in Syracuse, New York, years 1850. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: United States, New York: steam locomotive in Syracuse)

Cumbres & Toltec Steam Locomotive in San Juan Monatgnes, Colorado-New Mexico Frontier
NWI4963943 Cumbres & Toltec Steam Locomotive in San Juan Monatgnes, Colorado-New Mexico Frontier; (add.info.: Steam locomotive Cumbres & Toltec in the Monatgnes of San Juan)

Man driving a raft crossing a boat pulled by another paddle-wheeled boat, 19th century
NWI4962145 Man driving a raft crossing a boat pulled by another paddle-wheeled boat, 19th century. Engraving after an illustration by Arthurs.; (add.info)

Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: harvesting in a farm of a large owner with steam machine
LUX4788725 Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: harvesting in a farm of a large owner with steam machine and many agricultural workers, 1901; (add.info.: Romania, Walachia, JU)

France, Champagne-Ardennes, Aube (10), Troyes: steam locomotive with its driver in hoof, 1870
LUX4722995 France, Champagne-Ardennes, Aube (10), Troyes: steam locomotive with its driver in hoof, 1870; (add.info.: France, Champagne-Ardennes, Aube (10)

France, Limousin, Creuse (23): construction site of a work of art, with stone blocks, extraction wells, steam machine
LUX4757780 France, Limousin, Creuse (23): construction site of a work of art, with stone blocks, extraction wells, steam machine, wagonnets, workers and scaffolding, 1890; (add.info.: France)

France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Var (83), Toulon: Train on the bridge of Las
LUX4767756 France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Var (83), Toulon: Train on the bridge of Las, smoking locomotive with freight and passenger wagons

Atmospheric steam engine, elevation, 19th century. With Mr. John Smeaton's injection cap
FLO4593310 Atmospheric steam engine, elevation, 19th century. With Mr. John Smeaton's injection cap. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

High-pressure steam engine used with the dredging machine on the River Thames, elevations, 19th century
FLO4593295 High-pressure steam engine used with the dredging machine on the River Thames, elevations, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J. Farey Jr

War 14-18:The services of the Great War. A Forage Press (Postcard)
ICA4837261 War 14-18:The services of the Great War. A Forage Press (Postcard); (add.info.: Postcard, in N & B: The services of the Great War)

Driver of a steam train loading coal to advance the locomotive, early 1900s. Engraving of the 20th century
NWI4963392 Driver of a steam train loading coal to advance the locomotive, early 1900s. Engraving of the 20th century.; (add.info.: Driver of a steam train loading coal to advance the locomotive)

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"Unleashing the Power of Steam: A Journey through Time and Innovation" Step into the world of steam machines, where history intertwines with progress. From Robert Pinchon's mesmerizing painting "Le pont aux Anglais, " capturing a sun setting on a 20th-century Rouen, to Achille Lemot's thought-provoking illustration in Le Pelerin, depicting the march towards an ideal society. The concept of steam power revolutionized various aspects of our lives. Witness slaves unloading goods from majestic steamboats in the 19th century, as depicted in an engraving from a private collection. Marvel at John Scott Russell's ingenious invention - the steam diligence model connecting Glasgow to Edinburgh - showcased in another enchanting engraving. Even agriculture was touched by this unstoppable force. An anonymous engraving from 1834 showcases a plowing scene enhanced by the presence of a mighty steam machine. And who can forget Robert Fulton's groundbreaking voyage aboard his iconic steamboat "Clermont, " forever changing transportation on waterways? James Watt's remarkable creation, displayed proudly at Milan's Museum of Science and Technology, stands as a testament to human ingenuity harnessed within these powerful contraptions. Trevithick and Vivian took it even further by mounting a steam car onto an ordinary vehicle back in 1801. But let us not confine ourselves solely to land or sea; Antoine Roux invites us into his vibrant watercolor portraying dawn breaking over French ocean waters during the 19th century. And finally, we encounter Heilmann's electric locomotive featured prominently among illustrious scientists' achievements in "Album of Science. " It serves as a reminder that while technology evolves rapidly, innovation remains constant throughout time. From social revolutions to economic advancements and punctured pneumatic tires along the way – each hint paints an intricate picture showcasing humanity’s relentless pursuit for progress through harnessing the immense power of steam.