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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: This engine still retains its
Original lacquer and has had very little use)

Early Meccano Steam Engine
Circa 1929.
(Note: The early engines had a
Meccano decal attached to the boiler
Rather than the name
Meccano embossed into the boiler)

(Note: The early engines did not have
A handle on the forward reverse arm)

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.

These engines grow old gracefully
It takes around eighty years to
Get a patina like this.

Robust and rigid packaging
Helped to keep these 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 in weight.

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 Meccano design
Circa 1965.

Meccano steam engine.
Unfired Circa 1965.
(Note: Although these engines where branded
Meccano they where in fact made by Mamod)

Reverse of the dark blue window pack
Circa 1970.
 

Meccano steam engine.
Unfired Circa 1970
This one still retains its Dealer packing.
(Note: One like this was my very first engine)


 

Advertisement showing the 1970's engine
Could lift 1lb in weight
The 1929 engine could lift 56 LBS weight.

Removed from the box above
Complete with burner funnel and oil tag.











 

The Meccano SP3 steam engine
Unfired Circa 1979
Manufactured and sold by Mamod
But brandishing two decals
One Meccano and one Mamod.
Note: Only produced for five years
Total production 9,067

Atmospheric advertisement from June 1966
Note the forward and reverse lever
Are the same design as the the 1929 model.