Steam power
Photo: Markus Trienke, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
- Steam power is a travel topic.
Steam power was the driving force for much of the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom and United States. It brought travel around the world in eighty days within reach of commercial steamship and rail passengers by the late 1800s, while driving the expansion of both transport and industrialization in many parts of the world.
UnderstandJohn Henry driving on the right sideThat steam drill driving on the leftSays, "'Fore I'll let your steam drill beat me downI'm gonna hammer myself to death, Lord, Lord,I'll hammer my fool self to death"
Steam railwaysWhile steam is seen with nostalgia or even longing for the "good old days" in places where the last steam service happened some decades past, many developing or emerging economies see the continued existence of any…
Steamers, ships and boatsBefore the widespread adoption of commercial air travel in the post-World War II era, mighty ocean liners plied the seas.
Static steam enginesThe earliest use of steam power for industry was pumping (originally from mines), but large steam engines later become the motive power for all manner of industrial machinery, from textiles, to water supply.
Steam carousels, gallopers and fairground equipment
Traction engines and steam cars
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Steam power" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: Markus Trienke, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons