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After slumbering for decades, Big Willy, the 110-year-old steam “donkey” at west county’s historic Sturgeon’s Steam Saw Mill, has been roused from its long sleep and will be huffing and puffing this ...

For seven years now, a huge, unique and remarkable feat of engineering has lain tragically dormant at Wigan Pier.

PUUNENE – The Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum has acquired two Nordberg steam engines and hopes to have one ready to display in a new outdoor exhibit by next March, museum director Holly Buland ...

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Mill Valley is moving forward with plans to place a historic steam engine locomotive at City Hall. The City Council voted unanimously at its meeting on Monday to authorize the city manager to finalize ...

In a world propelled by combustion engines, gas turbines and nuclear reactors, the steam engine may seem like a relic of the past. But without this game-changing invention, the modern world would be a ...