Machines

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

These two large, rusting pieces of machinery are relics of Australia’s gold mining past.

Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.

It took a lifetime to collect these mechanical musical wonders.

The oldest hydroelectric plant in Czechia is now a museum.

A 150-year-old steam locomotive crosses the southern half of the island daily.

The last of three massive blast furnaces that were once at the foundation of the Port of Sagunto economy.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

The cellar of a former factory is now home to a collection of gloves, machines, and tools of the trade.

The train engine is tucked under an apartment building on a quiet Tokyo street.

This incredible collection contains rare steam-powered engines, rides, and trains.

Journey through one of the oldest industrial sites in Scotland.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.