Each beam engine has a 13 tonne beam, 24 tonne flywheel and is the height of a 4-storey building. Burton-upon-Trent produced an enormous amount of sewage for a small town, mainly brewery waste, which ...

The Cornish Beam Engine (1834) was originally developed to pump out floodwater from the deep mines that are found in Cornwall. The up and down motion of the piston in the cylinder is transmitted by ...

Anybody who has dug a trench more than a few feet deep will have found the obvious problem: Water. Even in the arid heat of the Arabian desert water is never far away, and it presents real problems ...

An historic steam engine rumbled to life Friday in Shreveport for the first time in 28 years. The steam pumping engine is one of the last of it's kind in the country. It's part of the McNeill Street ...

The Courier have teamed up with our friends at Almond Valley Heritage Trust to bring our readers stories from West Lothian’s past. This time: There’s Something in the Atmosphere at Colinshiels. Thomas ...

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Few pieces of machinery are as widespread and critical as pumps. They help move and lift liquids, chiefly water, which all modern cities need to survive. They also move waste, flood waters, and sewage ...

__1664: __Thomas Newcomen, creator of the first practical atmospheric steam engine, is born in Devon, England. Newcomen's exact birth date is a matter of debate. Some sources say "before Feb. 24," ...

Each beam engine has a 13 tonne beam, 24 tonne flywheel and is the height of a 4-storey building. Burton-upon-Trent produced an enormous amount of sewage for a small town, mainly brewery waste, which ...

This object is huge and is the only one in the world still in its original setting. In 1874, the Prestongrange Coal and Iron Company bought this second-hand steam-powered Cornish Beam Engine to tackle ...