To demonstrate that the technology was fit for purpose and to select between the various competing options, on April 25, 1829, the L&MR Treasurer, Henry Booth, issued a challenge to ‘all Engineers and ...

# Yarmouth Castle was built in 1927 by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia for the Eastern Steamship Lines firm. Though possibly named for the castle on Isle of Wight, it was christened Evangeline, ...

The internal combustion engine and its use of gasoline spurred the explosion of the auto ... Co., which built cars powered by steam engines. Equipped with a boiler full of water and a burner ...

Around 2:00 pm the ship was rocked by an explosion. Chief Engineer Norman J ... said he had never seen such havoc confined to a small space. In the engine room pipes were twisted and steam was fast ...

Here they are placed into large square chests or vats, in which steam is admitted ... defects to which these boilers are liable should be generally known. The explosion of these boilers has ...

A boiler explosion occurred in a brass foundry at Bridgeport, Ct., on the 12th inst., the force of which nearly demolished the whole building. We learn from the Farmer that the catastrophe does ...

WALB has learned that the boiler is suspected to be the cause of the explosion. “We are working closely with local authorities to determine the cause of a late-night fire at our Camilla ...

Many were killed instantly by the explosion, fire, falling timbers, shrapnel and searing steam from the boilers, and many by drowning. Hundreds of bodies were reported floating in the river the ...

BRIDGEPORT — What sounded like an explosion at the Barnum Museum Tuesday morning was caused by an issue with a boiler, and resulted in no injuries, a city spokesperson said. The city's ...

A union spokesperson described the incident as a boiler explosion. They told CNN a person was pinned under debris and the body has been inaccessible. Others have been severely burned in the ...