Jun 10, 2015 | General Steam News and Information
There are many towns and cities around the world that use district heating, and many of these district heating systems also use steam. For an example of this in the UK we chose Nottingham, where domestic and commercial waste is used for both electricity and heat....
May 29, 2015 | General Steam News and Information
A steam museum which houses the sole working survivors of the great twin horizontal tandem compound steam engines which powered Lancashire’s mills throughout the latter part of the industrial revolution may have to close because of an unexpectedly high utility...
Apr 23, 2015 | General Steam News and Information
Whilst steammain tries to concentrate on modern uses of steam it would be wrong not to illustrate the key role that steam has played in history. Anyone with a small degree of interest in engineering or such related topics will be able to tell you that steam engines...
Oct 3, 2014 | General Steam News and Information
Known as the ‘North Sea Greyhound’, the Turbinia was a revolutionary ship designed and built by Charles Parsons in conjunction with Brown and Hood, a firm of experienced sheet metal workers based in Wallsend on Tyne in the north east of England. She was launched on...
Oct 1, 2014 | General Steam News and Information
Today it is estimated that approximately 80 percent of the world’s electricity is generated by steam turbines turning their attached generators. Without steam turbines the lights would literally go out over the world. This is the story of Parsons its inventor. Charles...
Sep 29, 2014 | General Steam News and Information
The “Big Apple,” New York City, where does one start when describing this place! Home of so many landmarks , Statute of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan, to name but a few!, the United Nations, Wall Street, we could go on. An unlikely place you might think to have...
