Steam Engine Manufacturers in Rhode Island

Steam Engine Manufacturers in Massachusetts

Steam Engine Manufacturers in New York

Steam Engines in the Steam Building

The horsepower rating of a steam engine depends on the bore, stroke, steam pressure, and engine RPM. The horsepower ratings listed below are for typical operation.

American Engine Company (American Ball), Bound Brook, NJ
    14" X 12", Horizontal, Slide Valve, 150 RPM, 125 HP, Circa 1905 (With GE Alternator)

Armington & Sims Engine Company, Eagle Street, Providence, RI
    12" X 12", Horizontal, Center Crank, 250 RPM, 75 HP, Circa 1888
    9.5" X 10", Horizontal, Center Crank, 300 RPM, 50 HP, 1883 (With Thomson-Houston Generator)

B.F. Sturtevant, Hyde Park, MA
    6" X 7", Model VS-7 Stoker Engine, Vertical (Inverted), Closed Crankcase, Circa 1910

Clark and Howard, Mexico, NY
    6" X 6", Vertical (Inverted), Flat Riding Cutoff Slide Valves, 15 HP, Circa 1885

Corliss Steam Engine Company, Providence, RI
   16" X 42", 15' Flywheel, Horizontal, Left Hand, Girder Frame, 80 RPM, 150 HP, Circa 1892

Delameter Iron Works, New York City, NY
    6" X 12", Horizontal, Slide Valve, Designed by Ryder, 20 HP, Circa 1870

Fitchburg Steam Engine Company, Fitchburg, MA
    14 1/2" X 28", Horizontal, Four Piston Valves, 150 RPM, 150 HP, Circa 1905

Granger Foundry and Machine Company, Providence, RI
    5" X 8", V Twin, Slide Valve, Circa 1870

Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, RI
    10", 15", 20" X 14, Vertical (Inverted), Piston Valve, 300 RPM, 385 HP, Circa 1904

Improved Greene Engine, Providence, RI
    Manufactured by Providence Steam Engine Company, Providence, RI
    17" X 36", 12' Flywheel, Horizontal, Left Hand, Girder Frame, 80 RPM, 150 HP, Circa 1895

Isbell-Porter, New York City, NY
    4" X 5", Horizontal, Slide Valve, Circa 1910

New York Safety Steam Power Company, NYC, NY
    Manufactured by Nichols and Langworthy, Hope Valley, RI
    9" X 8", Vertical (Inverted), Slide Valve, 150 RPM, 15 HP, Circa 1870
    8" X 9", Horizontal, Piston Valve, 225 RPM, 25 HP, Circa 1895

Sears Roebuck
    6" X 8", Vertical (Inverted), 150 RPM, 8 HP, Circa 1903

William A. Harris Steam Engine Company, Providence, RI
    15" X 42", 14' Flywheel, Horizontal, Left hand, Girder Frame, 80 RPM, 150 HP, Circa 1892
    16" X 30", 12' Flywheel, Horizontal, Right Hand, Tangye Base, 120, RPM, 190 HP, Circa 1911

William Baxter
    Manufactured by Colt Fire Arms Company, Hartford, CT
    7" X 8", Vertical, Slide Valve, ? RPM, 10 HP, Circa 1868
 

Steam Engines in the Mayes Building

Buckeye
    3 1/2" X 5", Cutaway Demonstration Engine, Piston Valve with Riding Cutoff

Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, RI
    2" X 3, Vertical (Inverted), Piston Valve, Circa 1900

Murphy Iron Works, Detroit, MI
    4" X 5", Two Cylinder Westinghouse Type, Vertical (Inverted), Single Acting, Circa 1910

Navy Launch Engine
    2 1/2", 5" X 5". Compound Vertical (Inverted), HP Piston Valve, LP Slide Valve, Stevenson Link

New York Safety Steam Power
    Manufactured by Nichols and Langworthy, Hope Valley, RI
        3 1/2" X 5", Vertical (Inverted), Slide Valve, Circa 1875

Orr and Sembauer, PA
    3" X 2 1/2", Vertical (Inverted), Slide Valve, Circa 1910

Rochester Machine Company, Rochester, NY
    2" X 2", Two Cylinder Westinghouse Type, Vertical (Inverted), Single Acting, Packaged Boiler, Gas Fired, Circa 1885

Shipman Engine Company, Rochester, NY
    Rochester Model
        2 1/2" X 3", One Cylinder, Vertical (Inverted), Single Acting, Rocking Valve, Circa 1880
        3" X 3", One Cylinder, Vertical (Inverted), Single Acting, Rocking Valve, Circa 1880
    Boston Model
        2 1/2" X 3", One Cylinder, Vertical (Inverted), Single Acting, Piston Valve, Porcupine Boiler, Circa 1885
        2" X 3", One Cylinder, Vertical (Inverted), Single Acting, Piston Valve,  Porcupine Boiler, Circa 1885

Tom Rick's Engine (Maker Unknown)
    4" X 10", 36" Flywheel, Lathe Bed Engine, Horizontal, Slide Valve, Circa 1850

Watertown Steam Engine Company, Watertown, NY
    4 1/2" X 6", Horizontal, Flat Slide Valve with Riding Cutoff, 15 HP, Circa 1870
 

Other Engines in the Collection

Ames Iron Works, "VIM"
    10" X 12", Cutaway Demonstration Engine, Horizontal, Slide Valve, Pickering Governor

B. W. Payne, Elmira, NY
    8" X 7", Horizontal, Slide Valve, Sawyer's Pickering Governor, Circa 1885

Delameter Iron Works, New York City, NY
    10", Hot Air Engine, "Man Power Engine"

Erie City Iron Works, Erie, PA
    9" X 12", Horizontal, Center Crank, Slide Valve, Circa 1900

Improved Denny Hot Air Engine, Wilmington, PA
    8", Hot Air Domestic Water Pumping Engine, "Lady Power Engine"

Troy Engberg, PA
    ? X ?, Vertical (Inverted), Poston Valve, Enclosed Crankcase, Circa 1940

Boilers

McKenna, 20 HP, Horizontal Dry Back Scotch, Propane fired, 80 KBytes

Eclipse Lookout, 100 HP, Vertical Fire Tube, wood or oil fired, 27 KBytes