steam-engines
Victorian industrial workhorses
Steam-engines is the plural of steam-engine, a machine that converts the thermal energy of steam into mechanical work.
Steam-engines powered the Industrial Revolution, driving factories, locomotives, and ships before internal combustion and electric motors displaced them.
The hyphenated spelling is now less common than the open compound steam engines.
Railway pulling machine
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- pistonReciprocating cylinder component
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- flywheelRotational energy storage device
condenser · governor · valve · crank · firebox · smokebox · regulator · throttle
Track system for trains
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- tenderSoft or sore
- steamshipBoiler-propelled water vessel
- steamboatEngine-powered watercraft
railroad · freight · passenger · express · mainline · shunting · marshalling · depot
Terminating employment
- stokingFeeding a fire
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- waterClear essential liquid
- pressureForce upon contact
lubrication · maintenance · cleaning · ashpan · clinker · blowoff · priming · foaming
- pumpingForcing flow mechanically
- millsFactories or grinders
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
horsepower · patent · atmospheric · eighteenth-century · invention · innovation · ironworks · colliery
Maintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- museumPublic exhibit space
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- vintageQuality from past eras
antique · livery · demonstration · rally · excursion · volunteer · maintenance · authenticity
locomotive
Railway pulling machine
flywheel · condenser · governor · valve · crank · firebox · smokebox · regulator · throttle · crosshead
railway
Track system for trains
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- tenderSoft or sore
- steamshipBoiler-propelled water vessel
steamboat · railroad · freight · passenger · express · mainline · shunting · marshalling · depot · roundhouse
firing
Terminating employment
pressure · lubrication · maintenance · cleaning · ashpan · clinker · blowoff · priming · foaming · gauges
Stephenson
mechanization · horsepower · patent · atmospheric · eighteenth-century · invention · innovation · ironworks · colliery · waterworks
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- museumPublic exhibit space
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
vintage · antique · livery · demonstration · rally · excursion · volunteer · maintenance · authenticity · nostalgia
steam-engineselectric motors
Machines producing rotational force electrically
internal combustion engines · diesel engines · nuclear reactors · solar panels · wind turbines
steam-enginescomputers
Programmable electronic devices
digital technology · microprocessors · artificial intelligence · smartphones · quantum computing
steam-engineshorsepower
Rate of mechanical work
draft animals · horses · oxen · manual labor · hand tools
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