Large engines from the collection are on display in the Merriam Steam Building, while smaller engines and models are in the Mayes Building. The mechanical engineering library contains publications, primarily from 1880 to 1930, related to the history and development of steam power.
Boilers
15 HP. Three-pass, vertical tubeless. Oil fired
100 HP, Vertical Fire Tube, wood or oil fired
Steam Engines
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- Acme Automatic Safety Engine
- American Ball Steam Engine, 1905
14″ X 12″, Horizontal, Slide Valve, 150 RPM, 125 HP - Armington & Sims Steam Engine, 1883
9.5″ X 10″, Horizontal, Center Crank, 300 RPM, 50 HP - Armington & Sims Steam Engine, 1888
Type: Auto cut off. Arrangement: Horizontal. Bore: 12″. Stroke: 12″. Speed: 250 RPM. Power: 75 BHP. Steam pressure: 150 PSI - Baxter Steam Engine and Boiler, c.a. 1868
7″ X 8″, Vertical, Slide Valve, 10 HP - Clark & Howard Steam Engine, c. 1885
6″ X 6″, Vertical (inverted), Flat Riding Cutoff Slide Valves, 15 HP - Compound Launch Steam Engine
3″, 6″ x 5″ stroke, Compound Vertical (inverted), HP Piston Valve, LP Slide Valve, Stevenson Link - Corliss Spyder Water Pumping Engine
- Corliss Steam Engine, 1892
Type: 4 valve. Arrangement: Horizontal mill. Bore: 16″. Stroke: 42″. Flywheel: 15′. Left hand. Speed: 80 RPM. Steam pressure: 100 PSI - Delameter Iron Works Steam Engine, c.a. 1870
6″ X 12″, Horizontal, Slide Valve, 20 HP - Fitchburg Steam Engine, 1905
14 1/2″ X 28″, Horizontal, Four Piston Valves, 150 RPM, 150 HP - Granger Steam Engine, c.a. 1870
Type: Slide valve. Arrangement: Inverted V. Bore: 5 1/2″. Stroke: 8″. Speed: 100 RPM. Steam pressure: 80 PSI - Harris Steam Engine, 1892
15″ X 42″, 14′ Flywheel, Horizontal, Left hand, Girder Frame, 80 RPM, 150 HP - Harris Steam Engine, 1911
16″ X 30″, 12′ Flywheel, Horizontal, Right Hand, Tangye Base, 120, RPM, 190 HP - Herreshoff Triple Expansion Steam Engine, 1904
12 1/2″, 18″, 25 x 13 1/2″, Vertical (Inverted), Piston Valve, 300 RPM, 385 HP - Herreshoff(?) Small Vertical Steam Engine
2″ x 3″, Vertical (inverted), Piston Valve - Improved Greene Engine, 1897
17″ X 36″, 12′ Flywheel, Horizontal, Left Hand, Girder Frame, 80 RPM, 150 HP - Isbell-Porter 5 HP Steam Engine
4.5″ X 6″, Horizontal, Slide Valve - Isbell-Porter Steam Engine
- Lathe Bed Steam Engine
Reversing linkage - Murphy Two Cylinder Steam Engine
4″ x 5″, Two-cylinder Westinghouse type, Vertical (inverted), Single Acting - Nasmyth Vertical Steam Engine
1 3/8″ bore by 2 1/4″ stroke - New Hampshire Mill Engine
- New York Safety Horizontal Steam Engine, c.a. 1895
8″ X 9″, Horizontal, Piston Valve, 225 RPM, 25 HP - New York Safety Vertical bottle engine 15 HP, c.a. 1870
Type: Slide valve. Arrangement: Vertical. Bore: 8″. Stroke: 9″. Speed: 150 RPM. Power: 15 HP. Steam pressure: 80 PSI - New York Safety Vertical bottle engine, 5 HP
Type: Slide valve. Arrangement: Vertical. Bore: 3 1/2″. Stroke: 5″. Speed: 150 RPM. Power: 5 HP. Steam pressure: 80 PSI - Orr and Sembauer Vertical Steam Engine
3″ x 2 1/2″, Vertical, Slide Valve - Sears, Roebuck Kenwood Vertical Steam Engine
6″ X 8″, Vertical (Inverted), 150 RPM, 8 HP - Shipman “Boston Model” Steam Engine and Boiler
2 1/2″ x 3″, One cylinder, Vertical (inverted), Single acting, Piston valve, Porcupine boiler - Shipman “Boston Model” Steam Engine and Boiler (smaller)
2″ x 3″, One cylinder, Vertical, Single acting, Piston valve, Porcupine boiler - Shipman Steam Engine, Black
- Shipman Steam Engine, Green
- Small Auto Steam Engine
- Stanley Steamer Engine
- Sturtevant Steam Engine
6″ X 7″, Model VS-7 Stoker Engine, Vertical (Inverted), Closed Crankcase - Swedish Power Plant Model
Double expansion - Terry Steam Turbine Engine
Lbs. Steam: 180. 30 HP, 3600 RPM. Patents: Oct. 13, 1903, July 4, 1905. - Vanderbilt Cup Marine Engine
Extremely High Performance Triple Expansion Engine. Applied Pressure: 1,000 PSI - Vertical Steam Engine, Brown
Includes a speed governor - Watertown Steam Engine
4.5″ bore x 6″ stroke. - Whitin Model B Victory Engine, c. 1942
Bore: 5″. Stroke: 6″. Speed: 400 RPM. Pressure: 220 lb.