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__NOTOC__ An engine house is a building or other structure that holds one or more engines. It is often practical to bring engines together for common maintenance, as when train locomotives are brought together. Types of engine houses include: *
motive power depot A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine sheds" or just "sheds". Facilit ...
s (MPD), where locomotives are stored and maintained * Buildings that housed a
steam engine A steam engine is a heat engine that performs Work (physics), mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a Cylinder (locomotive), cyl ...
on a mine, used for pumping, winding or stamping. Many of these have survived in Cornwall, England, for example at
Crown Mines The Botallack Mine () is a former mine in Botallack in the west of Cornwall, UK. Since 2006 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site – Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. The mine is within the Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI, ...
. * Buildings that housed a pumping engine for an
atmospheric railway An atmospheric railway uses differential air pressure to provide power for propulsion of a railway vehicle. A static power source can transmit motive power to the vehicle in this way, avoiding the necessity of carrying mobile power generating e ...
* House-built engines, where the engine ''is'' the house. A house-built engine is a large beam engine where the engine house itself forms the frame of the engine. The term "engine house" is also used, widely in the United States and perhaps elsewhere, to mean: *
Fire station __NOTOC__ A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire apparatus, fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equ ...
, which hold fire engine trucks.


List of engine houses

Notable examples, not including fire stations, include: ;in Australia *Numerous historic sites listed on the Victoria Heritage RegisterVictoria Heritage Register search on "Engine House"
/ref> ;in England * The
South Devon Railway engine houses The South Devon Railway engine houses were built in Devon, England, to power the Atmospheric railway, atmospheric trains on the South Devon Railway Company, South Devon Railway between Exeter St Davids railway station, Exeter St Davids and Plymou ...
, built for Brunel's atmospheric railway * The
hydraulic engine house, Bristol Harbour The Hydraulic engine house is part of the " Underfall Yard" in Bristol Harbour in Bristol, England. The octagonal brick and terracotta chimney of the engine house dates from 1888, and is grade II* listed, as is the hydraulic engine house itsel ...
, which provided power for lock gates, cranes, and other equipment * The Tardebigge Engine House, a former canal-pumping engine house in Worcestershire, England *
Cobb's Engine House Cobb's Engine House (properly known as Windmill End Pumping Station) in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England, is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade II listed building built around 1831. It housed a stationary steam pump used to pump w ...
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 *
The Engine House The Severn Valley Railway is a standard-gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The single-track line runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, calling at four intermediate stations and three request stops ("halts"), fol ...
, now a museum opened in 2008 at the
Severn Valley Railway The Severn Valley Railway is a standard gauge, standard-gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The single-track line runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, calling at four intermediate stations and three request stop ...
, which houses locomotives ;in the United States *
Belt Railroad Engine House and Sandhouse The Belt Railroad Engine House and Sandhouse, also known as Beltline Railroad Roundhouse and Sandhouse, in San Francisco, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It served the San Francisco Belt Railroad. The ...
, San Francisco, California *
Rockland Turntable and Engine House The Rockland Turntable and Engine House are a historic railroad maintenance facility in Rockland, Maine. The turntable and engine house were built in 1921, and are a significant reminder of the railroad's historic importance to the development ...
, Rockland, Maine *
Cleveland Mine Engine House Number 3 The Cleveland Mine Engine House Number 3, also known as the Brownstone Engine House, is a building located at 601 M-28 Business (Ishpeming–Negaunee, Michigan), Division Street in Ishpeming, Michigan. It was built to house engines hoisting ore f ...
, Ishpeming, Michigan * Winona and St. Peter Engine House, Winona, Minnesota *
Gloucester City Water Works Engine House Gloucester City Water Works Engine House is located in Gloucester City, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1883 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic P ...
, Gloucester City, New Jersey *
Stewartstown Engine House, Stewartstown Railroad Stewartstown Engine House, Stewartstown Railroad is a historic railroad engine house located at Stewartstown, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1884, and is a simple weatherboard building with a metal covered gable roof built by the ...
, Stewartstown, Pennsylvania


See also

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List of fire stations This is a list of notable current and former fire stations, which are also called "fire houses", "fire halls", "engine houses", "hook and ladder companies" and other terms. It includes combination buildings, such as city halls or other government ...
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List of pumping stations Pumping stations, also called pumphouses, are public utility buildings containing pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. They are critical in a variety of infrastructure systems, such as water supply, drainage of low ...


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