Curious about the SS United States' engines? Learn what powered this legendary ocean liner and how it broke speed records.

The maritime world is filled with unique terminology and abbreviations, and one of the most recognizable among them is the prefix “SS” seen on many older ...

Once steam engines went out of style, SS started to stand for "single-screw ship," referring to a vessel powered by a single screw or propeller. This is why you only see SS on small, civilian ...

However, it was a revolutionary technology that, upon its inception, helped power everything from a simple car engine to entire trains and commercial ships. However, steam engines had their own ...

Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem ...

An immense amount of time and money has been expended upon new and ingenious cut-offs for steam engines. Each in its turn, as it was brought before the public, was supposed to excel its ...

Nonetheless, with huge wheels and a gay canopy with a red fringe on top, the Huber "steam traction engine" is a splendid relic of expansionist 19th- and early 20th-century America. It was steam ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...