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  2. Wilesco - Wikipedia

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    Steam-powered toy locomotives and an open wagon were also available from Wilesco for a while. [8] The company still manufactures a range of plastic and aluminium scoops and hooks, as well as steam toys. Wilesco's main rival is the British-based steam model manufacturer: Mamod. Mamod and Wilesco produce similar models, at similar prices and size ...

  3. Weeden Manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    Weeden Manufacturing was a toy company best known for producing Model steam engines and electric motors. [1] They started making toy steam engines in October 1884 to sell via Magazine, and went on to make 100 different styles. [2] [3] Weeden made its own tooling for all the engines they made. From 1890 to 1912 Weeden made a steam powered toy train.

  4. Oscillating cylinder steam engine - Wikipedia

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    An oscillating cylinder engine cannot be reversed by means of the valve linkage (as in a normal fixed cylinder) because there is none. Reversing of the engine can be achieved by reversing the steam connections between inlet and exhaust or, in the case of small engines, by shifting the trunnion pivot point so that the port in the cylinder lines up with a different pair of ports in the port face.

  5. Ellenroad Ring Mill Engine - Wikipedia

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    Alexandra, one of the twin preserved steam engines showing the rope drive flywheel The Ellenroad Ring Mill Engine is a preserved stationary steam engine in Newhey , Greater Manchester, England. It powered the Ellenroad Ring Mill from 1917, and after the mill's closure the engine is still worked under steam as a museum display.

  6. Timeline of steam power - Wikipedia

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    1790 (): Nathan Read invented the tubular boiler and improved cylinder, devising the high-pressure steam engine. 1791 (): Edward Bull makes a seemingly obvious design change by inverting the steam engine directly above the mine pumps, eliminating the large beam used since Newcomen's designs. About 10 of his engines are built in Cornwall.

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  8. Articulated locomotive - Wikipedia

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    An articulated locomotive is a steam locomotive (rarely, an electric locomotive) with one or more engine units that can move independently of the main frame. Articulation allows the operation of locomotives that would otherwise be too large to negotiate a railroad's curves, whether mainlines or special lines with extreme curvature such as ...

  9. Aeolipile - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of Hero's aeolipile. An aeolipile, aeolipyle, or eolipile, from the Greek "Αἰόλου πύλη," lit. ' Aeolus gate ', also known as a Hero's (or Heron's) engine, is a simple, bladeless radial steam turbine which spins when the central water container is heated.