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Thomas Savery
Thomas Savery combines the force of steam with the pressure of the atmosphere and patents the first atmospheric engine. -
Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Newcomen produces a self acting atmospheric engine -
James Pickard and Matthew Wasborough
James Pickard and Matthew Wasborough create an engine with rotary motion by fitting a crank, rod and flywheel to
Newcomer's Model -
James Watt
A double acting engine is introduced by Watt - Steam pushes on each side of the piston alternately as opposed to just one side -
Boulton and Watt
Boulton and Watt produce a double acting rotative engine -
Coalbrookdale Railway
A steam railway locomotive is built at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
A stern wheel steam paddle tug is created by William Symington -
Robert Fulton's ship
Robert Fulton's ship the "Clermont" becomes the first steamship to provide regular passenger service in America -
Public Railway
The First Public Railway to use steam locomotives opens -
The Great Western Railway opens
The Great Western Railway opens -
The "Tank Engine" is born
The "Tank Engine" is born -
Commuter Traffic
Commuter Traffic becomes prominent in large cities - Passenger traffic locomotives are introduced by the railways -
The first British express locomotive
The first British express locomotive travels on the Great Northern Railway -
Superheating of steam
Superheating of steam is invented by Dokter Schmidt and used in British Railway locomotives -
"Pacific" 4-6-2 locomotive "Mallard"
The streamlined "Pacific" 4-6-2 locomotive "Mallard" reaches a speed of 126 miles per hour (201 kph),
This speed still stands as a world record. -
The final steam
The final steam locomotive is built by British Railways - "Evening Star"
