Newcomen Engine, circa 1750
Artifact
Steam engine (Engine)
Date Made
circa 1750
Summary
This is the oldest known surviving steam engine in the world. Named for its inventor Thomas Newcomen, the engine converted chemical energy in the fuel into useful mechanical work. Its early history is not known, but it was used to pump water out of the Cannel mine in the Lancashire coalfields of England in about 1765. The engine was presented to Henry Ford in 1929.
Place of Creation
Keywords
United Kingdom, England, Greater Manchester, Ashton under Lyne
Object ID
29.1506.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Earl of Stamford Trustees.
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Newcomen Engine, circa 1750
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