Early Steam Vehicles

Vintage engravings of early steam engines and vehicles, illustrating 19th-century innovations in transportation technology and design.

Locomotive tank engine by Manning, Wardle and Co. of Leeds. Date: 1862

An engraving depicting a steam engine with a boiler mounted on adjustable trunnions and is fitted when the engine goes uphill. Designed by Longstaff and Pullman. Dated 19th century

Steam car of Cugnot under Louis XV, vintage engraving. Steam car of Cugnot under Louis XV, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674003

Early American steam fire engine designed by PR Hodge of New York, 1840. Paris.

The Naples, a new street locomotive of the Italian Army, illustration from the magazine L'Illustrazione Universale, year 2, no 51, August 15, 1875.

Locomotive tank engine by Manning, Wardle and Co. of Leeds. Date: 1862

History of Fire Fighting, Fire Brigade, Fire Pump 1890: Petrol-powered machine, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century model

Side elevation of a car Panhard Levassor, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

The International Exhibition: Tuxford's road traction-engine, 1862. 'This firm, in fact, holds, according to the trials of the Royal Agricultural Society, the first place as manufacturers of steam-engines; that is to say, when last tried at Carlisle, some four years since, they performed more work with less fuel than any others. Of course, the problem to be solved by all makers is, how to get most work out of a pound of coal; and year by year, by some improvement often apparently slight, they have gone on reducing the consumption of coal and increasing the production of power...On the level ro

GRABADO-LOCOMOTORA INGLESA "HERCULES" 1837.

Illustration depicting a simple foot brake on a truck on the Great Western Railway. Dated 19th century

Hedley's improved Wylam engine, known as Puffing Billy Date: 1815

An engraving depicting the Crampton express locomotive. Dated 19th century

Steam road locomotive with boiler, by David Napier. AA: boiler, BB: Water tank, CC: firing space, E:cylinder, F: driving wheels, G: steering wheels, II: steering gear, I: safety valve.1842

William Murdoch's first working model of a steam carriage, or road locomotive, in 1784.

Aveling's Agricultural Locomotive. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862, published 1862.

Engraving depicting William Hedley's 'Puffing Billy'. William Hedley (1779-1843) an English railway engineer. Dated 19th century

Trailer, draughtsman: anonymous, c. 1910 - c. 1940, cardboard, pen, brush, h 101 mm × w 174 mm

West Point, locomotive built at the West Point Foundry fro the Charleston & Hamburg Railroad, USA, in 1831. Horizontal boiler rather than the vertical one in Best Friend of Charleston which preceded it. Engraving c 1880.

Agricultural Traction Engine, shown being used to burn straw, vintage engraved illustration. Dictionary of Words and Things - Larive and Fleury - 1895

An engraving depicting a horse-drawn bus, London. Dated 19th century

Lokomotiven aus dem 19. Jahrhundert: ein Tender für die Lokomotive Saxonia, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhu...

Locomotives from the 19th century: the Grasshopper Atlantic, 1832, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century model.

The 'Rocket,' shown here in this early 1880s engraving, was the first modern steam locomotive. It was built in Newcastle, England, in 1829 by George Stephenson, who is known as the 'Father of Railways.'.

Engraving depicting Robert Stephenson's locomotive 'Planet'. Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) an early railway and civil engineer. Dated 19th century

Máquina locomotiva expuesta en la Exposición Universal de París. Grabado de 1867.

Macadam Compressor

Wagon platform to transport logs, vintage engraving. Wagon platform to transport logs, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648131

Lee & Larnard's steam fire engine. London, 1862.

Steam-powered Locomobile, by Goetges, Bergmann & Co of Leipzig, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact d...

Sweany Steam Carriage, Chas S. Caffrey Co., Camden New Jersey, USA, Illustration, circa 1895

Lokomotiven aus dem 19. Jahrhundert: zweiachsige Lokomotive für Schmalspur, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhu...

M. Anjubault's traction engine

An engraving depicting Panhard and Levassor's 4-wheeled car which was powered by a Daimler petrol engine. Dated 19th century

Locomotive The Rocket by George and Robert Stephenson from 1829, England / Lokomotive The Rocket von George und Robert Stephenson von 1829, England, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Engraving depicting Charles Jeantaud's electric car.

Illustration depicting John Ramsbottom's apparatus enabling a locomotive tender to be recharged with water while the train was still in motion. The scoop picked up water from a trough between the rails. John Ramsbottom (1814-1897) an English mechanical engineer. Dated 19th century

Sectional view of a steam locomotive from the middle of the 19th century with combustion chamber and boiler tubes. Chromolithograph 1882

Merryweather's small portable steam fire engine, London, 1863.

Illustration depicting a refrigerating railroad car patented by Henry Tallichet of Austin, Texas. Dated 19th century

Lokomotiven aus dem 19. Jahrhundert: die Lokomotive Saxonia, gebaut, 1838, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage, erstmals in Deutsc...

Renard's automobile train, showing coupling (top right) and train of wagons. 1904. Engraving

Electric Cab, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Car from the electromobile company. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

The patent from the Crampton express locomotive, designed by Thomas Russell Crampton. Thomas Russell Crampton (1816-1888) an English engineer. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a Palanquin built by Holmes of Derby for Mr W. Major in Iowa. Dated 19th century

Carriage, four-seater town carriage, illustration from 1870 / Kutsche, viersitziger Stadtwagen, Illustration aus 1870, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

An American cycle of 1869. The man standing at the front steered the vehicle while the man at the back provided the power.

Carriage, Phaeton, Gentleman's carriage, illustration from 1870 / Kutsche, Phaeton, Herrenkutsche, Illustration aus 1870, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

24 hp Bolinder locomobile, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1910.

Double Extra First Size Self Propelling Steam Fire Engine, Fire Fighters & Fire Equipment

Engraving depicting Matthew Murray's steam locomotive built for John Blenkinsop used to haul coals from Middleton Colliery to Leeds in 1812. Matthew Murray (1765-1826) an English steam engine and machine tool manufacturer, who designed and built the first commercially viable steam locomotive, the twin cylinder Salamanca. John Blenkinsop (1783-1831) an English mining engineer and inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting the Stanley steam car. Dated 19th century

Imperial Brougham Hansom Kutsche, einspännige Cab aus London, England, ca 1825, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Ja...

Historical drawing, US-American history, 18th century, the coach of George Washington, 1732 - 1799, first president of the United States of America

French steam-powered road vehicle, powered by a steam engine at the front using no rails. Date: 1870s

Illustration depicting a steam ploughing demonstration at Uppingham. Dated 19th Century

Farming: a reaping machine, driven by a horse. Engraving.

Fire Engine Pumper. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 38.5 x 50.7 cm (15 3/16 x 19 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Elmer G. Anderson.

Model of John Stevens experimental locomotive, built in 1825, This was the first locomotive built in America. It consisted of a four-wheel platform truck upon which is mounted a vertical tubuler boiler enclosed in a circular sheet-iron causing terminating. The locomotive was operated by Stevens on a circular track at Hoboken, NJ, and carried six people at a speed of over twelve miles an hour

Express engine, built by Neilson, 1862. Date: 1862

Boerenkar, Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825 drawing paper. ink. watercolor (paint) brush / pen (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart

Historische Illustration von Gasmotoren, 19. Jahrhundert: Ottos liegender Motor, einzylindrig, mit Schiebesteuerung, digital restaurierte Reproduktion...

The vintage steam traction engine

Buckeye Gasoline Buggy, Buckeye Mfg. Co. Anderson. Indiana, USA, Illustration, circa 1895

The cable railway up the crater of Vesuvius, Campania. Wagon, 1882, Italy, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

19th century steam engines, Corliss steam engine, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Steven's steam traction engine for ordinary roads, Simon Stevens, Historical, digitally enhanced reproduction from an original around 1860.

Image of a model of the steam locomotive "Hercules" of the N.R.S. (Nederlandsche Rhijn-Spoorwegmaatschappij).

Patent steam coach, by the late Mr. David Gordon. Illustrations. 1830. Rare Book Division. Steam-engines

Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, The medical car of a medical train, for the medical assistance during the transport of sick during the war, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Franco-Prussian War 1870, The medical car of a medical train, for the medical assistance during the transport of sick during the war, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved

Depictions of fire-engines. Engraving.

Krauss locomotive has axle auxiliary motor, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Types of steam locomotive. Engraving.

Engraving depicting a steam road carriage. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting the Caldwell 'Cyclone Steam Snowplough'. Dated 19th century

L.N.W.R. passenger locomotive No. 223, built by R. Stephenson & Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the 729th built on their patent. From Frederick S. Williams Our Iron Roads, London, 1852.

Railway, locomotive, Estrada system, Brazil, South America, ca. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

1 Richard-Choubersky automobile tandem, 2 Mechanism of the Girardot bicycle, 3 Lamaudiere and Labre petrol bicycle. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

An engraving depicting a Phaeton, a form of sporty open carriage. Dated 19th century

Wagon of the Boers in Kaffraria, South Africa, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Landwirtschaftliche Geräte und Maschinen 1890: Häufelpflug und dreischariger Pflug, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19...

The pilot and the industry

Engraving depicting Claude Goubet's battery-powered submarine.

Victoria Motorette, Racine Motor Vehicle Company, circa 1895

Self-propelled fire engine by Merryweathers.

Plate showing a four-door country berlin coach. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Sellier-Carossier (Saddle and Coach Maker).

This illustration of an electric automobile dates to 1902. It was built by the Electric Vehicle Co. (founded in 1897) of Hartford, Connecticut. It will be noticed that the customary forms of vehicles have been as closely followed as possible, this one being on the lines of the Phaeton built in Chicago by the Woods Motor Vehicle Company, which sold for $2,000. and had a top speed of 14 mph and a range of 18 miles.

Garrett and Son's Improved Cleven Row, Suffolk Lever, Corn and Seed Drill.

Ship cannon on gun carriage. Woodcut, 1835.

An engraving depicting a tricycle carriage with a weather canopy and luggage shelf: crank driven. Dated 19th century

Image caption: Willys-Overland Co. photograph of a motor peel equipment manufactured for the government by Willys-Overland Co., Toledo, Ohio on October 14, 1918. The image shows a F-W-D motor reel truck with equipment chests that can be used as cushioned seats for the crew. (For official use only)

Engraving depicting a Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies double furrow ploughs. Dated 19th Century

Oxygen bottle truck (This is just one of 100s of specialised trucks etc in this catalogue) Date: circa 1900

Photograph by Andreas Groll depicting the Personenzugs-Locomotive II from W. Raabes Factory, printed on salt paper, albumed on cardboard between 1855-1857.

Drawing BJ steam locomotive Litt H3. All BJ H3 locomotives were manufactured between 1910 and 1916.

HJ "Timber Wagon

Meeting of two locomotives equipped trains with electric lanterns. Date: 1903

High and low pressure cylinders of the "Campania's" Engines - circa 1890

Invention of Mons L. G Perreaux, consists of an ordinary tricycle combined with a small steam-engine and fuel chambers. The engine and eccessories are supported mainly by the two hind wheels as seen in the illustration and front wheel is used for driving. Date: 1882

N.N., Bridges in the course of Duisburg - Ruhrorter Straße, Duisburg -Ruhrort: Inveligent folding bridge of the harbor canal, machine drive: views, supervision, cut 1:10. Lithograph on paper, 71.4 x 100.8 cm (including scan edges)

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