Franklin County historian Mike Marotte shares the story of the old Pen Mar Park just over the Md. line near Wayneboro.

Mark Miodownik shows a working model of a steam engine originally made the blacksmith Thomas Newcomen in 1712. These early steam engines produced a vacuum to generate power and were commonly used ...

Steam engines and steam-powered train travel began ... Navvies building a railway line in the UK, early 1900s. In 1830, there were only 125 miles of railway lines in Britain.

Some early steam cars worked well, and some did not. Some were fire pumpers that moved by themselves, and others were small locomotives with road wheels. Beginning in the 1880s, inventors tried very ...

The governor valve is therefore operated by resistance which increases as the undue velocity of the engine increases, to cut offthe steam early when necessary. Measures have been taken to secure a ...