Revolution of the steam engine

By charlotteg615

  • Thomas Savery

    Thomas Savery combines the force of steam with the pressure of the atmosphere and invents the first steam engine

  • Thomas Newcomen

    Thomas Newcomen produces a self acting atmospheric engine

  • 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

  • Coalbrookdale Railway

    A steam railway locomotive is built at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire

  • 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

  • Commuter Traffic

    Commuter Traffic becomes prominent in large cities - Passenger traffic locomotives are introduced by the railways

  • 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"