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Where dreams were made
And engineers where formed
The derelict Meccano factory
At Binns road Liverpool
A sad end to a world famous
And much loved toy.
(Note: The factory was build in 1914
And closed in 1979)
Advertisement for the 1914
Vertical steam engines.
Vertical steam engine
Circa 1914.
Advert
Circa 1914.
(Note: The very first Meccano engines
Were made by Bing)
(Note: The early engines did not have
A handle on the forward reverse arm)
Meccano
Horizontal steam Engine
With vertical boiler
Circa 1929.
(Note: This one still retains its
Original paper tag)
Advert from December 1929
Showing the mechanical digger.
The early engines had a Meccano
decal
Attached to the boiler rather than the
Name Meccano embossed into the boiler.
Robust and rigid packaging
Helped to keep the engines in good condition.
Frank Hornby lodged the patents
For the 1929 steam engine
With the patents office in January 1929
They were not accepted until September 1929
By which time the engine was almost certainly in production.
This photo shows how the colour
Of the bases varies
The one in the fore ground has been
Stored boxed all its life
The other one has been bleached by the sun.
The 1929 engine
Could lift 56 LBS.
Steam operated mechanical digger.
Models book Circa 1929.
One of the many toys
Which could be made using the
Models book.
Yellow coloured box to Mecano design
Circa 1965.
Meccano steam engine.
Unfired
Circa 1965.
(Note: Although these engines where branded
Mecano they where in fact made by Mamod)
Reverse of the dark
blue window pack
Circa 1970.
Mecano
steam engine.
Unfired
Circa 1970
This one still retains its Dealer packing.
(Note: One like this was my very first engine)
Atmospheric advertisement from
June 1966
Note the forward and reverse lever
Is the one from the 1929 model.
Removed from the box above
Complete with burner funnel and oil tag.
(Note: These engines were manufactured by
Mamod)