Learn how Edward P. Ellis and Scottish immigrant Thomas Chalmers merged companies in 1901 to form Ellis-Chalmers, a steam engine manufacturer ...

The Sail, Power, and Steam Museum (SPSM) in Rockland, is the new home of a rare Triple-Stage Expansion Engine, donated to us ...

BRATTLEBORO — Creativity and commerce can prove to be elusive companions. This was the case with John Gore. You probably haven’t heard of him, even though he was a steam-power pioneer and local ...

In 1859, an event as significant as the advent of the wheel took place in Etienne Lenoir's workshop. The Belgian inventor converted a steam engine to ignite a mix of air and coal gas via a two-stroke ...

A massive boiler whose steam could be channeled through a long hose to steam-fed farm machines, toys, utility vehicles and other steam-powered apparatus is tended by association member Tom Kouttron, ...

Even in the midst of a green energy revolution, one of downtown Milwaukee's oldest sources of power remains not only relevant, but growing. It's also largely invisible. That's We Energies' steam ...