Automatic, Packaged Engine.  →

This engine was built by the American Engine Company, also known as the American Ball Company, in Bound Brook, NJ in 1905.  →

Armington & Sims 1883 This High Speed engine was built by the Armington & Sims Engine Company, Eagle Street, Providence, RI. It was delivered to the Hartford Electric Light Company in 1883. It was connected to a Thomson-Houston Electric Company generator that would power 28 lights. It has a 9.5″ bore and a 10″ stroke and produces 50 Horsepower … Continue reading "Armington & Sims Steam Engine, 1883"  →

This high speed engine was built by the Armington & Sims Engine Company, Eagle Street, Providence, RI. It was first delivered to the Narragansett Pier Electric Light Company. It was later used to power the Sea View Railroad that ran from East Greenwich to Narragansett. It has a 12″ bore and a 12″ stroke and … Continue reading "Armington & Sims Steam Engine, 1888"  →

This single cylinder engine has the cylinder located in the top of a three pass vertical fire tube boiler to minimize heat loss. It has a 7″ bore, an 8″ stroke and produces 10 HP. It has three eccentrics on the crankshaft for the slide valve, the feed pump, and an optional cut-off control. It … Continue reading "Baxter Steam Engine and Boiler, c. 1868"  →

Clark & Howard steam engine "The Safe Engine" 15 H.P. steam engine with riding cut-off valve.  →

Compound Launch Engine Possible Herreshoff engine.  →

This engine was designed by George Henry Corliss and built by his Corliss Steam Engine Company. The unique Corliss valve gear made this engine more efficient than others and the design was widely copied. We believe this is the only engine built by the Corliss Steam Engine Company that is running under steam today.  →

A 20 H.P. horizontal steam engine made by the Delameter Iron Works of New York, New York.  →

Fitchburg steam engine This girder frame mill engine was built by the Fitchburg Steam Engine Company in Fitchburg, MA.  →

Granger Foundry and Machine steam engine This V engine was built about 1870 by the Granger Foundry and Machine Company in Providence, RI. It was used to power cloth printing machines. Because the engine has cylinders offset by 90 degrees, it starts with the crankshaft in any position.  →

Improved Greene Engine The Improved Greene Engine Automatic Cut-Off engine was designed by Noble Tuckerman Greene and built by the Providence Steam Engine Company, 373 South Main St., Providence, RI. This 17″ X 36″ 150 Horse Power engine was installed in the Rhode Island Cardboard Company, 163 Exchange St, Pawtucket, RI in 1897. It was used to manufacture … Continue reading "Improved Greene Engine, 1897"  →

This engine was designed and built by the William A. Harris Steam Engine Company, corner of Park and Promenade Streets, Providence, RI. William A. Harris was the plant superintendant at the Corliss Steam Engine Company until 1869, when the Corliss patent ran out. He then started his own company using the Corliss valve design. This … Continue reading "Harris Steam Engine, 1892"  →

This William A. Harris engine has a 16″ bore and 30″ stroke. It has a Tangye bed and Brown valve gear. This engine was first installed in a shoe factory in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1911. During the depression of the 1930s it was sold to the National Laundry Company, 1208 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, Massachusetts. The … Continue reading "Harris Steam Engine, 1911"  →

2″ x 3″, Vertical, Piston Valve  →

Herreshoff triple-expansion steam engine This triple expansion engine was built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, RI in 1904 as internal job number 3207B. It has three cylinders with bores of 12 1/2″, 18″, 25 and a 13 1/2″ stroke. It produces 385 HP at 300 RPM on superheated steam. Originally designed during the Spanish-American war to power … Continue reading "Herreshoff Triple Expansion Steam Engine, 1904"  →

The History of the Hope Distribution Reservoir and Hope Pumping Station Providence, Rhode Island Whalen Ingham, Providence Water Supply Board The Hope Distribution Reservoir, placed in service in 1875, was originally intended to supplement the Sockanosset Reservoir and to provide a supply of water near the center of the city which could be called upon if … Continue reading "Corliss Spyder Water Pumping Engine"  →

A 5 HP horizontal side crank steam engine built by the Isbell-Porter Co. of New York about 1890.  →

A horizontal side crank steam engine built by the Isbell-Porter Co. of New York.  →

Murphy Iron Works steam engine Speed governor located within the flywheel. Recommends "Gargoyle Crank Case Oil."  →

Nichols & Langworthy horizontal engine This 25 HP horizontal engine was built by Nichols and Langworthy Machine Company in Hope Valley, RI in 1895. It is similar to the design of the Armington & Sims engine. It has a 8″ bore and a 9″ stroke and produces 25 HP. The engine was originally installed the cellar of Lippitt Hall at … Continue reading "New York Safety Horizontal Steam Engine, c. 1895"  →

Nichols and Langworthy manufactured engines in Hope Valley, RI and sold them under the New York Safety Steam Power name. The New York Safety Steam Power engine represents a marked advance in size reduction, one piece ruggedness, and simplicity of manufacture. It is a vertical, single cylinder engine producing 15 horsepower at 150 RPM on … Continue reading "New York Safety Vertical bottle engine 15 HP, c. 1870"  →

Nichols and Langworthy manufactured engines in Hope Valley, RI and sold them under the New York Safety Steam Power name. They produced engines in many sizes of which we have three. This engine is commonly referred to as a "bottle" engine because of its bottle shape from the side. These engines were fitted with reversing … Continue reading "New York Safety Vertical bottle engine, 5 HP"  →

This Kenwood engine was sold through the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog. It was used as a teaching engine in a Fall River, MA trade school. The engine was originally sold as a package with an attached boiler. You can find it in the catalog page below as catalog number 32K4808 it sold for $116.75.  →

Shipman Boston Model Compact steam engine and boiler. Piston valve.  →

Compact steam engine. Piston valve.  →

Single cylinder.         →

Shipman Boston Model engine & boiler Compact steam engine and boiler.  →

A 25 H.P. coal stoker engine built by the B. F. Sturtevant Company of Boston about 1910. It was installed in the Brown & Sharpe plant in Providence, Rhode Island.  →

This turbine was manufactured at Terry Steam Turbine, Hartford, Connecticut, in 1906. It was originally purchased by Meriden Gas Works in Meriden, CT to drive a No. 7 Sturtevant blower. The turbine wheel is helical, or tangential flow type, which is commonly described as the "Terry Solid Wheel".  →

During WWII Whitin Machine Works of Whitinsville, Massachusetts was commissioned by the U. S. Government to build auxiliary steam engines for the Liberty Ship program. These were used to power generators and forced draft blowers. By the end of the war Whitin had produced about 11,000 of these engines. They were produced 100% "in house." … Continue reading "Whitin Model B Victory Engine, c. 1942"  →