Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that makes use of the thermal energy that exists in steam, converting it to mechanical work. Steam engines were used in pumps, locomotive trains, steam ships and steam tractors, and were essential to the Industrial Revolution. They are still used for electrical power generation using steam turbines.

Festivals and museums

• Steam Era in Milton, Ontario
• Ontario Agricultural Museum in Milton, Ontario
• Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Association Back to the Farm Reunion in central Missouri, USA. This is not a steam-only festival, but it has always had a good showing of running steam engines.