The motorcycle engine has come a long way from its auspicious 19th-century beginnings, evolving over the years to include many types that still exist today.

Get ready to witness the awe-inspiring restoration of the legendary 1920’s live steam locomotive "BING," a marvel of ...

The cartoon shown here, an allegory on the significance of steam power in the Victorian era, is a good example of a potent image of this type. Historians, however, need to handle such sources with ...

The Georgetown Steam Plant is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the second Saturday of each month, and volunteers lead free public tours at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. For more information about ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Water and Steam—Waste of Power ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 33 (April 1853), p. 261 doi:10.1038 ...

Celebrating the Age of Steam, the Hesston Steam Museum takes us back to a time when steam-powered engines revolutionized how people lived, traveled, farmed and worked.

In a word, it's hot and humid, the temperature of the steam that travels through the tunnels can be more than 400 degrees. Although the pipes are well insulated, you really don't want to spend a ...

Watch the smokestacks come down! A nuclear fusion power plant prototype called Infinity One will be built on the site.

Industrialization meant the widespread adoption of steam power. Steam power is a general-purpose technology — it powered factory equipment, trains, and agricultural machinery.

By Tom Vice, CEO of Sierra Space Humans who bore witness to the advent of steam power, the mass production of steel, electricity and the internet could not have predicted, in real time, what a ...

The coming of steam power to Ireland. We'll start our journey with the phenomenon known as the Industrial Revolution which started in England during the early 19th century.