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