Turbine Collection

RMS Mauretania - Passenger liner of the Cunard White Star line, she held the Blue Riband for 21 years; she was withdrawn from service and broken up in 1935. Date: circa 1907

Gas Turbine No. 18000
Built by Swiss firm Brown Boveri in 1949

Steam turbine blades - Sir Charles Parsons
Steam turbine blades from an early sketch by Sir Charles Parsons, 1897 Date: 1897

Turbinia - steam turbine-powered steamship
Turbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time

Wind turbines silhouetted at sunset. Wind turbines can be used to generate electricity from wind on a commercial scale. Wind power is an important environmentally-friendly alternative to fossil

Wind Farm Near Atherton, Queensland, Australia
DH-3352 Wind Farm Near Atherton, Queensland, Australia. Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Teesside Wind Farm 28839_001
Teesside Wind Farm, Redcar and Cleveland, 2015. NZ5827

The Aberdeen Line T. S. S. Marathon ocean liner
The Aberdeen Line T.S.S. ( Turbine Steam Ship ) Marathon ocean liner. Date: 1912

Wind turbines Shetland Scotland

Small Rutland 913 pole mounted wind turbine - Stratford Racecourse Warwickshire UK
MAB-1259 Small Rutland 913 pole mounted wind turbine Stratford Racecourse Warwickshire UK Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Wind turbines at Pincher Creek, Alberta, with the Rockies beyond, Canada

H. M. S. Pincher - Algerine-Class Fleet Minesweeper
H.M.S. Pincher (J294 - later M294) - Algerine-Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery - commissioned in 1943, built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Date: circa 1950s

Wind turbine generators, Altamonti Pass, Califorrnia, United States of America, North America

Turbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time

windmill in the Pawnee National Grasslands, eastern Colorado, USA

Sir Frank Whittle (centre) and his associates experimenting with an early gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet

Steamships - Asturias
Turbine passenger liner of the Royal Mail Lines employed on the South American run Date: 1934

Wind Turbines Along The Coast; Solway Firth Dumfries Scotland

Case quadtrac tractor cultivating field, followed by seagull flock, with wind turbine in background, Tibthorpe, North Yorkshire, England, march

View across bay towards distant windfarm and hills at sunrise, looking towards Lake District (Cumbria, England), Solway Firth, Criffel, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, january

Dnieper hydroelectric plant construction
Dniprohes (Dnieper hydroelectric station) under construction on the river Dnieper in Ukraine, USSR. The dam was constructed between 1927 and 1932

The Turbine Steamer Queen, 1903
Photograph of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companys turbine steamer Queen, during sea trials, June 1903. This vessel was announced to be the first turbine steamer to enter cross-Channel

Wind Turbine - A row of wind turbines producing green energy. Wiltshire, England, UK
DK-236 Wind Turbine - A row of wind turbines producing green energy Wiltshire, England, UK David Kilbey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Hydro Electric Power Station at Pitlochry Scotland UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Toyota Prius

How wind turbines work to produce electricity

The turbine hall, Tate Modern
Joshua Raif

Section of Turbine for VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Section of Turbine for VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915

Overhead
Tal Paz-Fridman

A Watson's turbine on the Joval
5307799 A Watson's turbine on the Joval.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Watson's turbine on the Joval (downward flow) principle. Dated 19th century

Diagram of a 19th Century Spiral turbines with horizontal axis
3078137 Diagram of a 19th Century Spiral turbines with horizontal axis; (add.info.: Diagram of a 19th Century Spiral turbines with horizontal axis. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Diagram of a 19th Century Water Turbine
3078148 Diagram of a 19th Century Water Turbine; (add.info.: Diagram of a 19th Century Water Turbine that extracts energy from moving water. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

An inward flow turbine
5307802 An inward flow turbine.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an inward flow turbine with detachable parts. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Overhead X
Tal Paz-Fridman

James Thomson's turbine
5307808 James Thomson's turbine.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting James Thomson's turbine operating horizontally. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting Segur's water turbine or vortex wheel, 19th century
5311262 An engraving depicting Segur's water turbine or vortex wheel, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1895); Universal History Archive/UIG

Boeing T50-BO-8A (502-10VC) Turboshaft Engine, ca. 1950s. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co
In the mid-1940s, Boeing engineers conducted research to become familiar with gas turbines, but it became apparent that the research engines were significant in themselves

Noel Penny, owner and Chairman of Noel Penny Turbines celebrates as he signs a joint venture deal with a new company backed by USSR Academy of Science to delvelop and build a low cost small turbine

Napier Nomad, a 12 cyl. compound diesel aircraft engine, with auxiliary turbine power recovery and supercharger. Seen in the exhibition hall at the 1953 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1953

Dornier Do 32E ultra-light helicopter D-HOPS
the Dornier Do 32E was a simple, collapsible one-man helicopter from Germany powered by a BMW 6012L gas turbine, driving a compressor which supplied compressed air to the rotor tip jets

Dassault-Breguet Mystere 20 1st prototype F-WLKB at the 1964 Paris Air Show, shown with the two 3, 300 lbf Pratt & Whitney JT12A-8 turbojet engines originally fitted

Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen - Steamship Europa
SS Europa of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) (North German Lloyd) was a German shipping company. SS Europa (later SS Liberte) and her sister ship, Bremen, were the two most advanced

Wind Turbines near Oaksdale, Palouse Area of Eastern, WA

Rainbow over wind farm near Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

UK, England, Cambridgeshire, Cotton Farm Wind Farm

Aerial view of wind turbines on land and at sea, North Holland, Netherlands

Aerial view of wind turbines on land and at sea, North Holland, Netherlands

Idaho, USA. Wind turbines in a field on the Iowa prairie in the American Midwest

Lisse, Netherlands. A field of tulips with wind turbines in the background
Lisse, Netherlands . A field of tulips with wind turbines in the background

James Thomson's turbine
5307805 James Thomson's turbine.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting James Thomson's turbine operating vertically. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Boyden's outward flow turbine
5307801 Boyden's outward flow turbine.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Boyden's outward flow turbine, based on the Foureyron Principle. Dated 19th century)

Cutaway view of a steam turbine engine in a small vessel, 1850
3330539 Cutaway view of a steam turbine engine in a small vessel, 1850; (add.info.: Cutaway view of a steam turbine engine in a small vessel. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A wind farm in the San Gorgonio Pass near Palm Springs. San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA

A wind farm in the San Gorgonio Pass near Palm Springs. San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA

A wind farm in the San Gorgonio Pass near Palm Springs. San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA

Turbine airplane. Date of Photograph:1950-1960

A turbine in the hydroelectric plant of Cardano near Cornedo all'Isarco. A worker is posing at the base of the enormous turbine Cornedo All'Isarco. Date of Photograph:1920-1930 ca

Interior of an electric plant with machines in the foreground and a few workers in the background. These include a boy Milan. Date of Photograph:1900-1910 ca

Beautiful view from plane window on Egypt coast Beautiful view on desert and mountains from plane window on the coast of the Red Sea in SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt. Travel concept

Wind turbine against blue sky background

Eolian turbines park at sunet, warm light. Wind power concept

Lake Benmore hydroelectric dam, New Zealand

Mykonos sanset landscape with a windmills, Mykonos Island, Greece

Mykonos landscape with a windmill, Mykonos Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Mykonos landscape with a windmills, Mykonos Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Thirasia - Greece, Cyclades Islands, windmill in the port Korfos

Mykonos windmills, old harbour, Chora, Mykonos Island, Greece

Mykonos night evening landscape with a windmills, Mykonos Island, Cyclades, Greece

Mykonos evening landscape with a windmills, Mykonos Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Industrial Hall in Decay
Roman Robroek

Aero Spacelines B-377-SGT Super Guppy Turbine, operated by Airbus Industrie, being prepared to unload its load of BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde fuselage sections. Date: circa 1974

Cunard Line, limited edition sculpture QE2 turbine blade
CUNARD: Michael Cox limited edition sculpture mounted in acrylic created using a section of Queen Elizabeth 2 turbine blade. With certificate of authenticity. 5ins

Cessna 310 owned by French gas turbine manufacturer Turbomeca, at Oxford-Kidlington Airport. at Oxford-Kidlington Airport. Date: circa 1960

A machine-tool shaping a gas-turbine engine turbine blade. Date: circa 1965

Handley Page HPR. 7 Dart-Herald G-AODE
Handley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AODE (msn 1), the first prototype Herald, seen during a photo-shoot rendezvous with an HP Victor

Cunard Line, QE2 - commemorative item
Cunard Line, QE2, commemorative item - steam turbine engine, blade section mounted on base by Michael F. Cox. With Certificate of Authenticity. 4.25 inches. Date: late 20th century

Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade limited edition
Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade. In 1986 the Queen Elizabeth 2 underwent a £90 million refit that marked the end of her life as a steamship as her turbine engines were replaced by a diesel

The Engineer, three bound volumes, 1910-1911
The Engineer, three bound volumes CXI from January to June 1910, July to December 1910 and January to June 1911, including in supplement Olympic launch, page 209 Olympic fitting-out

Cunard White Star, Lancastria deck plan with statistics

RMS Olympic - document regarding blades
RMS Olympic - Harland & Wolff document relating to the brazing of turbine blades and the chipping and dressing of propeller blades, dated 6 February 1913. Date: 1913

King George V inspection of Danton
King George inspection the battleship Danton (French war ship in Malta). She was the first ship in the fleet with turbine engines. The king is seen in the centre with soldiers on either side

Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Turbine F-BPPA
Aero Spacelines B-337SGT-201F Super Guppy Turbine F-BPPA (msn 0002), of Aeromaritime, at the Paris Air Show held on Le Bourget Airport in June 1977. Date: 1977

Daimler-Benz DB 721, 2200hp turboprop engine
Daimler-Benz DB 721 (a.k.a. PTL 10), experimental turboprop engine, one of a trio of experimental gas turbine engines designed and built by Mercedes-Benz in the 1950s and 1960s. Date: circa 1980

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The turbine, a marvel of engineering, has revolutionized various industries and transportation systems throughout history. From the RMS Mauretania to modern wind farms, turbines have played a crucial role in powering our world. In 1906, the Gas Turbine No. 18000 marked a significant milestone as the first successful gas turbine engine. This breakthrough invention paved the way for future advancements in aviation and power generation. Another notable figure in turbine history is Sir Charles Parsons, who introduced steam turbine blades. His creation propelled the iconic Turbinia, a steam turbine-powered steamship that amazed spectators with its speed and efficiency. Fast forward to present times, wind turbines dominate landscapes across the globe. Wind farms like those near Atherton in Queensland or Teesside Wind Farm showcase how renewable energy sources are harnessed to generate electricity sustainably. Scotland's Shetland Islands boast breathtaking views of wind turbines dotting their picturesque landscape—a testament to harnessing nature's power for clean energy production. Sir Frank Whittle's contributions cannot be overlooked either; his invention of the jet engine revolutionized air travel by utilizing gas turbines for propulsion. Even on land, wind turbines continue to make an impact. The Pincher Creek wind farm stands tall against Alberta's skyline—proof that sustainable energy solutions can coexist with natural beauty. Not limited to just land-based applications, ocean liners like T. S. S Marathon from Aberdeen Line also benefited from turbine technology. These vessels relied on powerful turbines for smooth sailing across vast oceans. As dawn breaks over England's Lake District bay view towards distant hills adorned with wind farms creates an awe-inspiring sight—an illustration of how we blend renewable energy into our surroundings harmoniously. From maritime legends like RMS Mauretania and Turbinia powered by steam turbines to cutting-edge innovations such as gas and wind turbines shaping our future—the significance of this remarkable invention continues to propel us towards a more sustainable world.