19th Century Steam Vehicles

Engravings of early steam cars and horse-drawn carriages, showcasing vintage designs of personal and military transport from the 19th century.

Army truck by Daimler, with 4 cylinder 12 hp engine 1904. Engraving.

An engraving depicting a steam car. Dated 19th century

Locomotive steam-carriage for common roads; built for the Earl of Caithness.

Army truck by Daimler, with 4 cylinder 12 hp engine 1904. Engraving.

Carriage, Brougham, single-horse, four-wheeled, closed carriage design for two passengers, illustration from 1870 / Kutsche, Brougham, einspännige, vierrädrige, geschlossene Kutschenbauform für zwei Passagiere, Illustration aus 1870, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Carriage, two-seater carriage, illustration from 1870 / Kutsche, zweisitzige Kutsche, Illustration aus 1870, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Army truck by Daimler, with 4 cylinder 12 hp engine, 1904. Artist: Unknown

Engraving depicting a steam traction engine. Dated 19th century

British Steam Road locomotive, with chain drive 1888

An automatic rein holder on the carriage of a team of horses, forcing the horses to stop when the coachman dismounts, America circa 1870, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Traction engine developed and made by John Fowler & Co. of Leeds. It had two gear speeds, and drove a differential gear to connect with the rear wheels. Superseded by four-wheel versions. 1871

An engraving depicting a country cart. Dated 19th century

Steam locomotive with crane, or use on ail types of road, English 1888

Macerone and Squire, 1833 steam engine.

Richard Trevithick's First Passenger Locomotive, Camborne 1801

Illustration showing Steam locomotive used by Fowler in his mechanical ploughing system. circa 1862 Paris

George Stephenson s Rocket, 1829, vintage engraving. George Stephenson s Rocket, 1829, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673978

Vehicle of the time of George II, England, 1790, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Aviation: Gas generator by Yon, for filling balloons, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown

An engraving depicting a Britzschka: the head of the carriage could be drawn over to exclude the elements entirely. Dated 19th century

De Dion-Bouton steam car 1895. De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer and railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932. The company was founded by the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, Georges Bouton, and Bouton's brother-in-law Charles Trépardoux.

Ericsson's steam fire engine which received the gold medal offered in 1841 by the Mechanics Institution of New York for the best design for a steam fire engine.

An engraving depicting a Phaeton by Silk & Brown, Longacre - exhibited at the Great Exhibition. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a 4-4-0 American Express Locomotive. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, 4-4-0 represents the arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading bogie, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels. Dated 19th century

Illustration showing steam road locomotive with chain drive. 1888

An engraving depicting a gig - a light two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse. Dated 19th century

Artist's reconstruction of a 17th century syringe fire engine.

George H. Holzboy Co. Street Cleaning Cart. 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Steam Engine. Unknown maker, American

Steam carriage by Burstall and Hill of Leith was produced in 1824

Street Cleaning Cart, Horse and Driver for Holzboy Co.. 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

An engraving depicting a horse-drawn omnibus, London. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Magnus Volk's electric dog-cart. The vehicle was powered by battery and could run for six hours without recharging and was capable of a speed of 9 mph on a good surface with two passengers.

This gang plow is pulled by a steam engine, on the side of which are the words "Plowing Engine."

M. Durenne's traction engine

Photo on model of Murdock's locomotive. The original was manufactured in 1784.

The British Army Tractors Prior To the First World War This petroleum driven 50 bhp Thornycroft tractor entered the competition for light tractors in 1909. The experimental committee had a very high opinion of its performance.

'He called to the coachman to stop', (1907). The young Handel runs after his father's carriage: Handel did not know then that no fewer than forty miles lay between his home and the ducal castle, but...running behind the closed carriage, he did his best to keep pace with it. The roads were long and muddy, and...the child's strength began at last to fail, and, fearing that he would be left behind, he called to the coachman to stop. At the sound of the boy's voice his father thrust his head out of the window, and...a glance at the poor little bedraggled figure in the road, with its pleading face,

Welch version of Otto Bycicle 1890

Crampton's six-wheel steam locomotive. Date: 1848

An engraving depicting a tricycle driven by a crank operating on the front wheel. The rider's feet rested in stirrups attached to cords leading to the rear wheels, and the machine steered in this manner. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting George Stephenson's old engine on the Killingworth railway line. George Stephenson (1781-1848) a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Dated 19th century

A passenger engine or locomotive on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. From Great Engineers, published c.1890

Locomotives from the 19th century, the Adler, first german engine, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Steam carriage by Montais and L'Heritier. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Steam engine for pulling a plow, Lotz system, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1130, Volume XLIV, October 22, 1864.

Illustration showing steam locomotive used by Fowler in his mechanical ploughing system 1862

An engraving depicting a Humber tricycle. Dated 19th century

Locomotives from the 19th century, a tender for the engine Saxonia, woodcut, Germany, Europe

International auto buggy with top down. Vintage advertisement from International auto buggies and auto wagons by International Harvester Company of America. 1905

An engraving depicting Cail et Cie's steam locomotive. Dated 19th century

Farm wagon. Reconstruction

STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, CALLED "THE ROCKET" - 1829. Author: George Stephenson (1781-1848). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

THE "CALEZA," OR OLD-FASHIONED CARRIAGE OF THE COUNTRY, LIMA, PERU, 1881

Illustration depicting the steam ploughing engine by John Fowler (1826-1864) an English agricultural engineer. Dated 19th Century

Francia. Modelo de coches usados en París para el transporte de enfermos. Grabado de 1885.

M. Fowler's steam plough

Farm cart.

French postal service. A Tilbury, a light 2-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used in the Paris the postal service for bulk transport of letters. Engraving from 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse' (Paris, 1886).

First-class wagon

Self-propelled steam fire engine used by French firemen.

Hancock's Steam Carriage, Era.

Historische Illustration eines Velozipeds, Fahrrad, übersetztes Hochrad, 19. Jahrhundert und früher, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalv...

Locomotive designed in 1814 by British engineer and inventor George Stephenson (1781-1848). Nineteenth-century engraving. Colored.

An engraving depicting Albert Boyer's motorcycle with a Dion Bouton 1. 75 hp engine. Dated 19th century

The mail express from Paris to Boulogne. Illustrated London News July 1844; Black and White Illustration;

An engraving depicting an English Hackney coach. Dated 19th century

The operation of the 'Santa Rita' motor vehicle of Drumen & Saco is a little obscure... Date: 1881

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Man with a top hat on a bicycle, print, prints, height 49 mm, width 41 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure

Velocipede. Balance bike made in 1820 in Onzain, Loir-et-Cher. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1897

Electric car by French Paul Pouchain. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893

Illustration depicting a locomotive fitted with Westinghouse air brakes. Dated 19th century

A photograph of a motorised Benz tricycle. Dated 20th century

Fordson tractor.

Forder and Travers 'Boneshaker' bicycle 1870

Engraving depicting an engine Locomotive I built by George Stephenson. George Stephenson (1781-1848) an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Dated 19th century

Back of a four-wheel cart, Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825

Engraving depicting the improved windlass with brakes and controls, designed for steam ploughing by J. Fowler. Dated 19th Century

Illustration depicting a tricycle used to carry out track inspections on German railways. Dated 19th century

Handcart transportation in China, Asia. Travels in China and Japan by the Marquis Alfred de Moges 1857 - 1858. Old 19th century illustration by Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883) from Le Tour du Monde 1860

An engraving depicting a bicycle stand. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a covered carrier's wagon with wide wheels to enable it to negotiate bad roads. Dated 19th century

Mount Pilatus Cogwheel Railway Switzerland. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Historische Illustration eines Velozipeds, Fahrrad, Zweiradtandem, 19. Jahrhundert und früher, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage...

Vintage truck vector sketch drawing

Tramroad locomotive, South Wales Date: 1803

Engraving depicting a helicopter designed by P. Castel. The helicopter is driven by compressed air. Dated 19th Century

Richard Trevithwick's Kensington model locomotive Date: circa 1800

Old drawing of Voiturette FN 1900 by the Belgian car manufacturer Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal, National Factory of Herstal, Belgium, Europe

The Dover to London Coach by an unknown artist

An engraving depicting the central longitudinal section of a locomotive by Baldwin Locomotive Works. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting oxen pulling a laden cart. Dated 19th century

Odometer or odograph for measuring distance, Colorado. USA, United States, North America. America's Switzerland by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden and Whitney, 1873

BLENKINSOP'S LOCOMOTIVE at Middleton Colliery. Also known as the Salamanca, as it was built in the same year as Wellington's victory at the Battle of Salamanca. Date: 1812

The Golden carriage. Photo of De Gouden Koets: "Talk to the Amsterdam People to Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina".

A hand pump fire engine. Date: 1882

Velocipede, bicycle, 19th century and earlier, penny-farthing, high wheel, high wheeler and ordinary, 1880, woodcut, Germany, Europe

The Sulkey Plow (also spelled Sulky) dates to the Middle Ages in Europe. In the early United states, it was a plow that the plowman controlled with one or two handles. In the 1840s, a new version of the sulkey plow came on the scene, as seen here in this 1887 illustration. It had wheels and a seat for the plowman. The lettering on the seat says Oliver Chilled Plow, a company founded by James Oliver in 1853 in Indiana.

Ox and Horse Cart on Street, Asheville, North Carolina, USA, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Ox and Horse Cart on Street, Asheville, North Carolina, USA, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

The Royal State Coach of King George III of England; Black and White Illustration;

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