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:

    “Industrial man—a sentient reciprocating engine having a fluctuating output, coupled to an iron wheel revolving with uniform velocity. And then we wonder why this should be the golden age of revolution and mental derangement.”
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

    “Vashtar: So it’s finished. A structure to house one man and the greatest treasure of all time.
    Senta: And a structure that will last for all time.
    Vashtar: Only history will tell that.
    Senta: Sire, will he not be remembered?
    Vashtar: Yes, he’ll be remembered. The pyramid’ll keep his memory alive. In that he built better than he knew.”
    —William Faulkner (1897–1962)