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 ...

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 ...

Leicester's Abbey Pumping Station Museum will hold a family fun day this weekend to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The event, on Sunday, August 20, will see the pumping station’s beam engines in ...

The steam engine is often credited as one of the most transformative inventions in human history. It laid the foundation for the Industrial Revolution, revolutionised transport, and shifted the ...

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 ...

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 ...