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 steam engine may seem like a relic of the past. ... The first practical steam engines were developed to solve a very specific problem: how to remove water from flooded mines.

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

Nearly 1,800 years before the start of the Industrial Revolution, an ancient engineer by the name of Heron created the world’s first steam engine. In 62 A.D., the Roman Empire’s cultural ...

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 ...

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

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.

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