An industrial steam engine found in a convent has started a new chapter on the coast. The 1929 locomotive, called "Newstead", ...

One of the first steam engines — dubbed the Newcomen engine after its creator Thomas Newcomen — was also formidable at 9.5 meters long and tall.

The first steam engine ship, Diana, was launched on July 12, 1863, and became one of the earliest instances of a ...

Cincinnati’s steam fire engine was not the first; other inventors had produced steam-powered fire engines decades earlier. Cincinnati’s first steam-powered fire engine exploded during a public ...

The announcement of the death of Nehemiah S. Bean, the venerable manufacturer of Manchester, N.H., is coupled in most of the press notices with a statement that he constructed the first steam fire ...

John Ericsson believed the sun's power could make nations wealthy without fossil fuels. The American Swedish Historical Museum houses his prototype.

Dating from around 1838–1842, the sketch is said to represent an era of experimentation at Wylam Colliery in Northumberland, ...

Old Tige, a historic 1884 steam engine, ... The museum says Old Tige served Dallas from 1884 to 1921, first in Downtown Dallas as Engine 1 and then later in South Dallas as Engine 6.