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Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Model of a Twin Cylinder Stationary engine, 1870-1910

1870-1910

Weatherhill Incline Winding Engine, 1833

1833
Double-acting rotative steam engine by Boulton & Watt, 1797. Atkinson's Engine, formerly Maud's Engine. In use at the chemical works at 66 Aldersgate Street until c. 1884.

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt

1797
Replica of model of Newcomen engine, as constructed by Jonathan Sisson and studied by James Watt at Glasgow University from 1763 to 1765, leading to the invention of the separate condenser. Original at Hunterian Museum. Replica made by Network Modelmakers, London W11, 2010-2011

Replica of model of Newcomen engine

2010-2011
Triple-Expansion marine steam engine, by Charles D. Holmes & Co., Hull, Yorkshire, England, 1924-1928. This engine was used on the Glen Strathallan.

Triple-Expansion marine steam engine

1924-1928
Heslop's winding and pumping engine, 1795. The winding and pumping engine was erected about 1795 by Adam Heslop at Kells Pit, Whitehaven, where it worked for many years; subsequently used at other pits (Castlerigg Pit?; 1837, Wreah Pit, Whingill?). The arrangement is a combination of a single acting high-pressure cylinder with a Newcomen cylinder; patented by Heslop in 1790, although it would appear to have been an infringement of Watt's patent for the separate condenser which remained in force till 1800. Made at the Lowca Foundry/Engineering Works c. 1790.

Heslop's winding and pumping engine

1795