This engine panel painting likely belonged to the Globe Engine Company No. 30 of Kensington, Philadelphia, which was founded in 1820. Originally organized as a hand engine company, it acquired a steam ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — Sweet corn on the cob is a summer staple in Iowa but it's unlikely many have eaten the crop steamed in a trash can by an antique steam engine. RAGBRAI participants, who ended an ...

The Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Association Annual Summer Show is underway! The event has been a mid-August tradition since 1978. It is “A Fun Show for the Whole Family” that started on ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Improvements in the Steam Engine ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 20 No. 23 (June 1869), p. 361 doi:10.1038 ...

The steam engine and railroads to run it on changed everything. It allowed the ... “I had a 611-train set when I was a kid,” Harris said as he was painting the wheels of one of the ...

Though advanced steam technology has impacted many industries, the one that it affected the most was railways. Several modern locomotives that ran on steam engines kept getting better with time ...

C incinnati’s wonderful Fire Museum on Court Street continually burnishes our city’s two fire-fighting claims to fame: Cincinnati created the first professional fire department in the United States in ...