The Stretham Old Engine is a steam-powered engine once used to fight floods in the area. The engine dates back to 1831, when it was built on the banks of the River Great Ouse at a cost of £4,950 ...

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 ...

Steam power anything these days is pretty cool ... Two Regner 40451 Piccolo steam engines make up the drive train, with mechanical linkages controlled by servos to engage the various features.

Each year, we see dramatic photographs of Cambridgeshire after floods leave fields and roads underwater. There are plenty of ...

We had no idea that what’s needed to convert an internal combustion engine to steam power is actually rather trivial. [David Nash] shows us how it’s done by performing the alterations on the ...

There are plenty of modern initiatives designed to fight floods, but a previous generation's flood measures are still visible in one Fenland village. The Stretham Old Engine is a steam-powered engine ...

Coal was the fuel that powered factories during the Industrial Revolution. Image caption, The Newcomen steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. The engine was commonly found in coal ...

He was also the first to successfully run a steam-powered engine pulling carriages on rails at Pennydarren, South Wales, in 1804. Despite his engineering achievements, he died virtually penniless ...

A. Walter I, the Steam Powered Giraffe robots still run off their original steam-powered engines and artificial intelligence. But you'll find no generic boilers or clockwork brains in these robots!

You can watch Blacksmiths at work making metal objects, wood cutting using the gas from tractors, sawing lumber using a steam powered engine, and wheat threshing. You can also enjoy a flea market ...