Engine House

Engine house may mean:

  • A motive power depot (MPD), where locomotives are stored and maintained
  • A building that housed a steam engine on a mine. Many of these have survived in Cornwall, for example at Crown Mines
  • A building that housed a pumping engine for an atmospheric railway
  • A house-built engine, a large beam engine where the engine house itself forms the frame of the engine.

In England, there are several notable engine houses:

  • The South Devon Railway engine houses, built for Brunel's atmospheric railway
  • The hydraulic engine house, Bristol Harbour
  • The Tardebigge Engine House, a former canal-pumping engine house in Worcestershire, England
  • Cobb's Engine House which housed a steam pump, in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England
  • "Engine House No. 2" housing the Markfield Beam Engine, Tottenham, London
  • The Brunel Engine House in Rotherhithe, London, housing the Brunel Museum
  • A museum opened in 2008 at the Severn Valley Railway

In America, Engine House, Engine House No. 1, and similar, may refer to:

(ordered by number)

  • Engine House (Auburn, Maine), listed on the NRHP in Maine
  • Engine House No. 1 (Sandusky, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Ohio
  • Engine House No. 10 (Washington, D.C.), listed on the NRHP in Washington, D.C.
  • Engine House No. 11 (Detroit, Michigan), listed on the NRHP in Michigan
  • Engine House No. 11 (Tacoma, Washington), listed on the NRHP in Washington
  • Engine House No. 13 (Tacoma, Washington), listed on the NRHP in Washington
  • Engine House No. 16 (Columbus, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Ohio
  • Engine House No. 18 (Los Angeles, California), listed on the NRHP in California
  • Engine House No. 18 (Detroit, Michigan), listed on the NRHP in Michigan
  • Engine House No. 28 (Buffalo, New York), listed on the NRHP in New York
  • Engine House No. 3 (Fort Wayne, Indiana), listed on the NRHP in Indiana
  • Engine House No. 3 (Kalamazoo, Michigan), listed on the NRHP in Michigan
  • Engine House No. 3 (Sandusky, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Ohio
  • Engine House No. 3, Truck No. 2 (Hoboken, New Jersey), listed on the NRHP in New Jersey
  • Engine House No. 31 (San Francisco, California), listed on the NRHP in California
  • Engine House No. 34 (Boston, Massachusetts), listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts
  • Engine House No. 4 (Tacoma, Washington), listed on the NRHP in Washington
  • Engine House No. 6 (Wichita, Kansas), listed on the NRHP in Kansas
  • Engine House No. 6 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts
  • Engine House No. 6 (Baltimore, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland
  • Engine House No. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland
  • Engine House No. 8 (Tacoma, Washington), listed on the NRHP in Washington
  • Engine House No. 9 (Tacoma, Washington), listed on the NRHP in Washington

Famous quotes containing the words engine and/or house:

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