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.

See also

• Timeline of steam power
• Newcomen steam engine
• Watt steam engine
• Steam power during the Industrial Revolution
• Stationary steam engine
• Steam donkey
• Steam Locomotive for details of steam powered railway 'engines'
• Crosshead bearing
• steam car
• Stanley Steamer
• Live steam
• Beam engine