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Towed onto site by horses or a traction engine. Used from 1894 to drive machinery to cut stone for the Caban Coch Dam.
Built in Nottingham.
built in 1927 by Frederick Lanchester in his home workshop in Moseley. On display at the ThinkTank Science Museum, Birmingham, 1st June 2024
Built in Leeds c. 1805, when small engines were starting to be adopted in small factories. Used until 1961.
Built in 1891 at Starley's Meteor Works in Coventtry.
built in Castle Bromwich in 1944. On display at the ThinkTank Science Museum, Birmingham, 1st June 2024
Built 1911-12.
Flown by no. 137 Sqn Aug-Dec 1943. However, it is painted as Mk I Hurricane P3395, flown by No 1 Sqn in 1940.
Found in the US, and brought to Birmingham in the 1950s.
Used by Boulton and Watt's company to make very large parts of steam engines at their Soho Foundry.
The vehicle broke the Land Speed Record in 1938, 1939 and 1947, achieving 394 mph.
This example was built in Sandbach in 1904, and came to Birmingham in 1924.
Made in the West Midlands and decorated by Navin Rawanchaikul based on conversations with local taxi drivers.
With a BSA engine but an Ariel frame.
