1943 Birthday Valerie Perrine, born in Galveston, Texas, actress, Steam Bath, Superman, Lenny 1934 Event 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany New York) 1931 Death Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76 1931 Death Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine, dies 1925 Death Clement Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84 1895 Event Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam 1884 Event 1st steam cable trams start in highgate 1883 Death Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies 1882 Event New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings 1879 Event Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route 1879 Event Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia 1878 Event 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram 1869 Event Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) 1867 Event Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. issues 1st policy 1863 Birthday C-E Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer, Rateau steam turbine 1861 Event Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis 1854 Birthday Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor, steam turbine 1851 Death J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam and Speed), dies at 76 1841 Event 1st U.S. steam fire engine tested, New York City 1839 Event Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia 1833 Death Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62 1831 Event 1st U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York) 1830 Event 1st regular steam train passenger service starts 1825 Event 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England 1824 Event 1st steam locomotive is introduced 1819 Event 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga) 1814 Event George Stephenson introduced the 1st steam locomotive 1812 Event 1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez 1771 Birthday Richard Trevithick, Cornwall, inventor, steam locomotive 1755 Birthday Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine 1755 Event 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine 1753 Event 1st steam engine arrives in U.S. colonies 1736 Birthday James Watt, Scotland, inventor, steam engine 1663 Birthday Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor, steam engine 1647 Birthday Denis Papin, French physicist, Papiniaanse pot, steam machine
