This engine was made by the significant manufacturer and equipment supplier Waugh & Josephson, which was founded c 1886 and continued until c 1990. This is one of the few steam engines made in Sydney still surviving. This type of engine became common in mills during the 19th century

Made by Waugh and Josephson in Sydney c.1907. The first entry for this company in Sands Directory is in 1886 at 36 Brisbane Street (the entry for 1885 at that address being for David Waugh, engineer) and a display ad appeared in 1887. In 1890 the address was 28-32 Brisbane Street, in 1900 342-346 Sussex Street. The 1907 entry is as 'general and dairy engineers' at 342-346 Sussex Street and Unwin's Bridge Road, Marrickville. The company later became Waugh and Josephson Pty Ltd at St Peters. The first major franchise held was for de Laval cream separators, then for Crossley engines, and lastly for Caterpillar equipment.

Made c.1907

At a sugar mill in north Queensland.
Part of the collection of Marsden Steam Museum owned by Goulburn City Council.

Plate for steam engine, tandem compound horizontal, metal, Waugh and Josephson, Australia, c 1907

Made: 1907

2000/51/1-2

1907

2000 mm

2000 mm

90000 kg