All these are improvements, and they tend toward greater economy in the use of steam. Before the steam engine can be called an economical power, our modern system of boilers must be immensely ...

Due to their complex operation and issues, most steam engines have gone out of use. The technological advancements to the ...

The injection of water might be used with the ordinary lever ... the counter-pressure-steam apparatus for not less than 1,400 engines.

A fishing swivel is used to provide a pivoting joint and allow the can to rotate freely. While we’ve covered steam engines before, we loved this simple design, and can’t wait to see what ...

Located in Sugar Creek, Ohio, the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum takes you through the golden age of railroading.

especially for use with heavy harvesting machinery. After the Civil War, portable steam engines really got into the threshing process, though they had to be towed to the already harvested grain by ...

On Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 April, to end the Easter holidays, Blists Hill Victorian Town welcomes back its popular Steam in ...

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny ...