Tag Archives: engine

Radial engine

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Paula Bray

This is the fourth photo in the series by Angie Turnbull that she photographed here at the museum with some objects from our collection. Angie… More

Detroit’s Shadow

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Paula Bray

LOVE LACE: Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award 2011 exhibition views

This is the overall winner from our Love Lace exhibition, which was made by artist Anne Mondro. This sculpture was made using thin steel and… More

A triple expansion marine steam engine

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Paula Bray

88/289-1115 Clyde Collection Glass Plate Negatives

This glass plate negative from the Clyde Photographic Collection depicts a triple expansion marine steam engine, condenser and thrust block. The engine was made by… More

Steam-driven stamper battery

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Paula Bray

2009/24/1-11 Photographic glass plate negatives (72), made by Clyde Engineering Company Limited, Granville, New South Wales, Australia, 1880-1945

Here we see a 15-head stamper battery, a powerful machine for crushing ore to release small particles of metal such as gold or tin. Beside… More

Trainspotting highly commended image

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Paula Bray

Heart of Train This is one of the highly commended images that was entered into the Steam trains category for our Trainspotting photographic competition This… More

Trainspotting highly commended image

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Paula Bray

This is one of the highly commended photographs from our Trainspotting photography competition. This image was selected as one of the best images for our… More

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.