Interesting Engineering. Who REALLY Invented the Steam Engine? Posted: April 3, 2025 | Last updated: April 3, 2025. Most people believe that Thomas Savery, a British engineer, was the one who ...

Pioneers like Thomas Newcomen and James Watt created ever-improving steam engines.  Over time, horses fell by the wayside as people took to this new mode of transportation. Railroads began ...

What seemed to finalize the impact of the Watt engine on the Industrial Revolution was his creation of the double-acting engine. Doubling the efficiency, it condensed steam both above and below ...

C incinnati’s wonderful Fire Museum on Court Street continually burnishes our city’s two fire-fighting claims to fame: Cincinnati created the first professional fire department in the United States in ...