Old Tige — one of the first steam engine fire apparatuses in Dallas — is back on display at the East Dallas museum after ...

Each beam engine has a 13 tonne beam, 24 tonne flywheel and is the height of a 4-storey building. Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the content on A History of the World is ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in London has the largest working Cornish Steam Engine in the World. It was actually built for the site to pump water to West London and started work on the 30th May 1846.

This toy steam engine dates from 1940 and was made by Mamod ... Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the museums and members of the public.

These early steam engines produced a vacuum to generate power ... This clip will be relevant for teaching Physics and History. This topic appears in OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC KS4/GCSE in England ...

The steam fire engine was built by Shand Mason of London and was purchased by Ely Urban District Council for £335 in 1912. A new fire station on Lynn Road was built to house it, which has since been ...