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  2. Steam engine - Wikipedia

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    A steam locomotive from East Germany. This class of engine was built in 1942–1950 and operated until 1988. A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder.

  3. Jensen Steam Engines - Wikipedia

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    Jensen Steam Engines is a manufacturer of model/toy steam engines, located in Jeannette, PA USA. Established in 1932 by Tom Jensen Sr. Established in 1932 by Tom Jensen Sr. They are still making steam engines using traditional technology and methods.

  4. Corliss steam engine - Wikipedia

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    A Corliss steam engine (or Corliss engine) is a steam engine, fitted with rotary valves and with variable valve timing patented in 1849, invented by and named after the US engineer George Henry Corliss of Providence, Rhode Island. Corliss assumed the original invention from Frederick Ellsworth Sickels (1819- 1895), who held the patent (1829) in ...

  5. River Don Engine - Wikipedia

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    The River Don Engine is a 1904-built steam engine used for hot rolling steel armour plate. [1] It is a 3- cylinder simple engine of 40 inches (1.0 m) diameter, 48 inches (1.2 m) stroke. At its operating steam pressure of 160psi, it developed 12,000 horsepower (8.9 MW), and was able to reverse from full speed in 2 seconds.

  6. History of the steam engine - Wikipedia

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    The first steam engine to be applied industrially was the "fire-engine" or "Miner's Friend", designed by Thomas Savery in 1698. This was a pistonless steam pump, similar to the one developed by Worcester. Savery made two key contributions that greatly improved the practicality of the design.

  7. Smethwick Engine - Wikipedia

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    Location. Thinktank. Working. Yes. The Smethwick Engine is a Watt steam engine made by Boulton and Watt, which was installed near Birmingham, England, and was brought into service in May 1779. Now at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, it is the oldest working steam engine [ 1][ 2] and the oldest working engine in the world. [ 3][ 4]

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