page_title: House-built engine
section_title: House-built vertical engines
hierarchical_section_title: House-built engine / House-built vertical engines
caption_attribution_description: English: Preserved vertical engine, A666 north of Darwen Vertical steam engine and the sorry remains of a loom beside the A666 near the junction with the M65. Darwen is home to two al fresco engines and it's taken me a long time to locate this on the map despite seeing it several times.
context_page_description: A house-built engine is a stationary steam engine that is built into an engine house, such that it uses the masonry of the engine house as an integral part of the support of the engine.
context_section_description: Small vertical engines were also house-built. An engine of this type, from Sunnybank Mill, has been preserved near Darwen.
caption: House-built small vertical mill engine, near Darwen
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