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...Mill Meece]] in [[Staffordshire]], [[England]]. Its function, powered by [[steam engine]]s, was to pump water from [[borehole]]s to a [[reservoir (water)|re ...ines using steam raised by three [[Lancashire boiler]]s. The efficiency of steam-raising is increased by a Green's [[economiser]]. ...

{{Short description|Fixed steam engine for pumping or power generation}} ...in [[London]]. This is one of two tandem cross-compound hydraulic pumping engines formerly used to raise and lower the bridge.]] ...

| powertype = Steam (geared) ...an [[Abner Doble]] boiler combined with a 4-cylinder [[compound locomotive|compound]] arrangement, but an order for an additional locomotive and three railcars ...

|known_for = [[compound steam engine]], [[Double beat valve]] ...title=Hornblower, Jonathan (1753–1815)}}</ref> was an English pioneer of [[steam power]]. ...

|powertype=Steam |cylindercount = Four ([[Vauclain compound]]) ...

[[File:Articul locos.png|thumb|300px|Three methods of articulating a steam locomotive]] ...0px|Side profile shot of Big Boy no. 4014, an articulated simple expansion steam locomotive]] ...

...nes were built in 1885 by [[Gimson and Company]] of [[Leicester]]. All the engines are similar, and the following description is limited to only one, but appl ...ot stroke, and the low-pressure cylinder is 38-inch bore by 8-foot stroke. Steam is distributed by means of double beat 'Cornish' valves, mounted in upper a ...

| powertype = Steam ...used to pull heavy trains on the [[Dovre Line]]. It is the largest type of steam locomotive in the history of the [[Norwegian State Railways]]. ...

| powertype=Steam | image=Nc Class steam locomotive NZR 462, 2-6-2 type. ATLIB 276918.png ...

Under the [[Whyte notation]] for the classification of [[steam locomotive]]s, '''0-12-0''' represents the [[wheel arrangement]] of no [[le ...n shops in 1863. It weighed fifty tons and was, at the time, the heaviest steam locomotive in the world.{{sfn|White|1972|p=28}} It was intended as a [[bank ...

...orraine B 3]], an [[Alsace-Lorraine P 1]]<!--OK if first link red--> class steam locomotive * [[Bavarian B III]], an 1852 German steam locomotive model ...

{{Short description|Steam locomotive exhaust system}} ...locomotive exhaust system]] was designed and patented by [[France|French]] steam engineer [[André Chapelon]], using a second-stage nozzle designed by the [[ ...

{{Short description|Steam pumping station in Friesland}} | official_name = ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) ...

...artment at Derby, then progressed to the position of Inspector of Boilers, Engines and Machinery (March 1893), and to Derby Works Manager in January 1902, add ==Compound locomotives== ...

[[File:Washington F Pit winder.jpg|thumbnail|The 1888 steam winding engine]] The engine house was built in 1903 to house a steam winder engine (which had previously been in use elsewhere). It is Grade II ...

...eb | url=http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/wheels.shtml | title=American Steam Locomotive Wheel Arrangements | work=SteamLocomotive.com | date=1991-05-30 ...er]]s for hauling cuts of cars between rail yards, or [[bank engine|pusher engines]] for assistance on grades. ...

...rtant place as it was still necessary to add helper ([[Bank engine|bank]]) engines to get trains over the steep 2.2% (116 feet to the mile, or 22 metres to th ...the middle of the boiler. The design was not repeated and eventually these engines were rebuilt (1916–17) into [[2-10-0]]s. ...

*2 [[Marine steam engine#Compound engine|compound-expansion steam engine]]s ...e shaft, using steam provided by two [[Admiralty three-drum boiler]]s. The engines produced a total of {{convert|1770|shp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of ...