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Watt steam engine
Stockton & Darlington Railway
steam turbine at a nuclear power plant
Self-propelled steam engines were extensively used during the late 19th century for operating grain-threshing machines and other stationary farm machines such as corn husker-shredders and shellers.
How did Heron of Alexandria's aeolipile work?
Follow the Delta Queen down the Mississippi River and learn how steam power advanced naval architecture
Learn about the advancement in naval technology which influenced the outcome of the American Civil War
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John Walter, II
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