IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This vertical engine and boiler was ...

Explore a vintage live steam engine made by the German toy company 'Bing,' founded in 1863. This video showcases a 1923 live steam engine in action and provides insight into the brand's legacy of ...

The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain and eventually spread to the United States around the turn of the 19th century. The world was suddenly full of steam engines, wheels, valves, ...

Over the decades we have seen a lot of methods for powering LEGO-based contraptions, ranging from LEGO Technic pneumatics to ...

SPENCER— The steam locomotive is like a living thing, volunteer Lindsay Abee said as he stood near the tracks where Lehigh Valley Coal Engine No. 126 waited for its next trip. “You can feel the energy ...

My fondest memories of the State Fair, however, are of 10 days of activity on the Santa Fe & Fairline Railroad, with live steam engines pulling open-air passenger cars on 24-inch gauge track in a ...

Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...

In a world propelled by combustion engines, gas turbines and nuclear reactors, the steam engine may seem like a relic of the past. But without this game-changing invention, the modern world would be a ...

The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam engine technology. However, it was a revolutionary technology that, upon ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This toy steam engine was ...