Engine house

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The Engine House of a Cornish tin mine (East Wheal Lovell). East Wheal Lovell Mine in Snow (2023).jpg
The Engine House of a Cornish tin mine (East Wheal Lovell).

An engine house is a building or other structure that holds one or more engines. It is often practical to bring engines together for common maintenance, as when train locomotives are brought together.

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Types of engine houses include:

The term "engine house" is also used, widely in the United States and perhaps elsewhere, to mean:

List of engine houses

Notable examples, not including fire stations, include:

in Australia
in England
in the United States

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