Steam Collection (page 98)

Emigration. Departure of the Nimrod and Athlone Steamers
Emigrants set sail from Cork for Liverpool in the first stage of their transatlantic jouney. Dock side with exterior of two steam ships

LIVERPOOL DOCKS / 1890 S
View of the landing-stage at Liverpool Docks with passenger steam ships, people and baggage

Harrisons Ice Making Machine, 1858
Engraving showing the ice making machine, designed by Mr. Harrison of Geelong, Australia, 1858. Built by Mr. Siebe of Denmark Street, Soho, London

Corporation of Manchester Steam Barge, January 1877
Engraving of a Corporation of Manchester steam barge used for the transportation of sewage, from the Illustrated London News, 20th January 1877

SS Ireland, 1885
Engraving of the City of Dubin Steam-Packet Companys Mail Paddle Steamship Ireland, shortly after its launch, 1885. This ship, built in the Laird Shipyard at Birkenhead

The Portuguese Army attempts to seize a railway train, South
Engraving showing the encounter between a British operated steam train and a detachment of the Portuguese army, Delagoa Bay, South East Africa, 1889

Crossing the Mersey: The Steam-Ferry between Liverpool and B
Engraving of St Georges Pier, the Liverpool and Birkenhead ferry landing stage, from the Illustrated London News, 6th February 1886

Grand Saloon of an American Steam-boat, 1875
Engraving showing the Grand Saloon of an American Steam-boat, possibly the Bristol which operated between New York and Boston

H. M. Stanley and his officers leaving Mombasa aboard the ste
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on left, raising cap) and his officers returning from the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition aboard the steam-ship Katoria, 1889

The Landing Stage at Liverpool Docks, 1884
Engraving showing the wooden landing stage at Liverpool docks, crowded with people, with steam ships on the river Mersey in the background, 1884

Trial of a Channel Ferry Model on the Serpentine, February 1
Engraving of a trial of a Steam Channel Ferry design on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, from The Graphic, 26th February 1876. This working steam scale model appears an ambitious project, with three hulls

Franco-Prussian War. The Defence of Paris: Gunboats on the S
Steam driven armoured gunboat flying the french tricolour

SS Great Western in a Heavy Gale, North Atlantic, 1846
Engraving showing the Steamship Great Western being struck amidships in a gale during a crossing from Liverpool to New York in 1846

RMS Forth, 1849
Engraving of the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Companys paddle-steamer Forth. Built in Leith in 1841, the Forth went missing between Southampton and the West Indies early in 1841

Irish emigrants, in a tender, coming aboard an Atlantic stea
Engraving showing a small steam tender coming alongside a trans-Atlantic steamer with Irish emigrants, 1884. These emigrants were bound for Canada

Hospital saloon on the London and North Western Railways
A hospital on wheels, the invalid saloons on the London and North Western Railway. Special thick flooring was used to deaden the vibrations and noise from the patient

Boarding a P&O Steamer, 1890
Illustration of a lady and her dog boarding a P&O steam-ship

Twin Steam-Ship Castalia, August 1875
Engraving of the twin-hulled, paddle steamer Castalia, leaving Dover for Calais, August 1875. Built in 1874 for the English Channel Steamship Company

The Marquis of Salisbury opening the Liverpool Docks Overhea
Engraving showing the Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903) turning on the current at the generating station, Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, 4th February 1893

Departure of the Great Britain from Liverpool, 1852
Engraving showing the busy scene at Princes Pier, Liverpool, as hundreds of onlookers cheer the steam ship Great Britain upon its departure for Australia, 1852

Hells Half Acre, Yellowstone Park, 1888
Engraving showing Hells Half Acre viewed from the North, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. A large amount of steam can be seen issuing from the hot springs that characterise this part of Yellowstone Park

The Life Brigade firing a Rocket to a Ship on the Rocks
Engraving showing the firing of a rocket, by the volunteer life brigade, to a steam-ship being wrecked on rocks. If the rocket-line reached the ship

Watt Studies Newcomen s
When James Watt was given Newcomens engine to repair, he quickly saw its inefficiencies and set out to provide remedies. The result, patented in 1769, revolutionised steam engines

Elevated Electric
The Daft electric locomotive on the 9th Avenue El, replacing the more picturesque but undoubtedly noxious steam locomotives

Captain Footes Monitors
Captain Footes monitors take Island No. 10 on the Mississippi

Passenger Train
An early passenger train, showing guards seated on the roofs of each coach. Date: 1830s

WILLIAM FAWCETT
Although this vessel is not identified, it closely resembles the William Fawcett, the first steamship of the Peninsula Steam Navigation Co (later P&O)

Steam Bus London
Steam omnibus at Paddington, London

Sunderland Bridge
Bridge over the Wear at Sunderland (Tyne & Wear), with shipping including a sailing vessel being towed out to sea by a steam tug. Built 1793, repaired Robt Stephenson 1859

Astor Family Yacht
The private steam yacht of the Astor family. It is quite comfortably fitted out

Steaming a Hat
Photograph demonstrating how to steam a hat in order to freshen shabby headwear

Steam Delivery Lorry
The steam lorry of W.V. Bowater and Sons, of 121 Queen Victoria Street, London, delivering huge rolls of paper which will be used for printing newpapers

Refuelling a Steamship
A large group of Japanese workers unloading coal from traditional boats and carrying it at great effort up rope ladders onto a steam liner at Nagasaki Harbour, Japan

Mauretania
The Mauretania, built in 1906 at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the time, she was the largest liner in the world at 32, 000 gross tons

Berengaria
Cunard passenger liner Berengaria, formerly the Imperator steam ship. Largest passenger ship in her day

Wantage Steam Tram
For over 50 years, until 1925, this old steam tramway maintained a passenger service bewteen Wantage Town and Wantage Road (G.W.R.) station, Berkshire, England

Serpollet Steam Car
Leon Serpollets steam car Oeuf de Pacques (Easter Egg) which set the World Land Speed Record in 1902

LILLIPUTIAN TRAIN
The Lilliputian steam locomotive train, in its day the smallest in the world, on the Romney, Hythe and District Railway, Kent, England, being spruced up for the holidays

Invicta Steam Engine
The Invicta steam locomotive built by George Stephenson, used on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, the first regular steam passenger railway in the world

Retire Steam Threshers
At rest. A weekend study of retired steam threshers in a field at Thorley, Hertfordshire, England

A Bath-room on the R. M. S. P. Almanzora, 1920
Photograph of a bathroom aboard Royal Mail Steam Packet Companys Almanzora, 1920. Launched in 1914, she served as an Armed Cruiser in World War I, then was reconverted into a liner

A Paddle-steam tender approaches a Passenger ship, 1883
Engraving of a paddle-steamer approaching a passenger ship, as viewed from the hurricane-deck of the passenger ship

The Childrens Playroom, R. M. S. P. Almanzora, 1920
Photograph of the Childrens Playroom aboard Royal Mail Steam Packet Companys Almanzora, 1920. Launched in 1914, she served as an Armed Cruiser in World War I, then was reconverted into a liner

Steam-Plough in the Arkansas Valley, 1907
Photograph showing the latest Steam-plough, creating seven furrows at a time, as used in the Arkansas valley, 1907. At this time the valley was being reclaimed by means of irrigation

Stephenson Locomotive
George Stephenson is the most successful of the many inventors seeking to apply steam-engine technology to transport on land

Papins Experiments
The experiments of Denis Papin with a steam cylinder lay the foundations of future steam- power development

Watts Engine
James Watt develops the low- pressure double-action steam engine

Newcomens Engine
Newcomen constructs the first viable steam engine

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