1906 Steam Engine

This is my entry in the current b&w challenge "Speed" its part of 1906 Horizontal Steam Engine it formerly drove machinery in the mechanics workshop of TD Whitfield & son until the 1930's, now on display in the Bradford Industrial Museum and as can be seen still runs at full speed.

[Henri Russell]

Great technology in its time. Black and white is perfect for this.

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Impressive amd such a good one too for the challenge!

[Steve Pooley]

You certainly met the challenge

[Babs]

Excellent, you have captured movement well in this shot and it works perfectly in black and white.

Sounds like a really interesting museum.

[Peter Grave]

Great shot Peter.Love old machinery in action.fav

[Sheralee S]

I like your use of long exposure, it really shows the motion.

[Peter]

@henrir Thanks Henri its a beautifully engineered machine and still runs perfectly will we be able to say the same of machines of today:)

[Peter]

@overalvandaan Thank you for your lovely comment, its appreciated:)

[Peter]

@stevepo Thank you for your comment Steve, went to the museum because they have lots of machines running each day:)

[Peter]

@onewing Thank you for your great comment Babs, its a great place to visit always lots to discover:)

[Peter]

@peterlgrave Thanks Peter you would love this museum its full of working machines over 100 years old, they have running at different times of the day

[Peter]

@bella_ss Thanks Sheralee, yes a long exposure quite dark in places flash much to harsh so a tripod is a must, to get the detail and movement in this shot set my camera f25, ISO 160 at 30 seconds, just had to ask people not to knock my tripod as it was close to the floor:)

[Guymundo]

Great shot, love the motion blue.

[Ron]

What a fascinating way to capture motion! Love this, Peter.

[Peter]

@guymundo Thank you for finding the time to comment:)

[Peter]

@stray_shooter Thanks Ron went out to the museum with this sort of image in mind, I was planning to set off early to capture motorcycle racing action today, first round of the British Super Bike's at Donington Park Circuit, but its currently snowing this morning so I'm wisely staying home:)

[Carole G]

Great shot! Missed it earlier. You just got my vote in the speed challenge!

[Peter]

@yorkshirekiwi Thank you for finding the time to comment and vote its appreciated:)