engine house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of engine house
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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The museum is known for offering train rides pulled by century-old steam engines and tours of the machine shop and engine house.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023
Army, led a company of federal troops, Stuart among them, that surrounded Brown’s men at the engine house and shut down the uprising.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2020
Very few enslaved people lived in the area to rally to Brown’s side, and the group found themselves holed up in the armory’s engine house with townspeople taking shots at them.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
An historical marker on a nearby road identifies the site, which includes an engine house and pumpjack.
From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2011
Colonel Lee regarded it as unwise to attack the engine house that night, fearing that Colonel Lewis W. Washington or other prisoners might be killed.
From The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It by Leech, Rev. Samuel Vanderlip
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