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