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 ...

PHOTO GALLERY: The three-story building is the only surviving example of a Cornish-style pumping engine house in the United States. It once housed the world’s largest and most powerful single-cylinder ...

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 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 ...

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 ...