Steam engines haven't been the primary method of travel for decades, but the technology and its modern applications continue ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile ... resulting in rotation of the ball. The principle he ...

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.