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  • n  external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder
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  • 'Big Bertha' reaches a milestone
    The Erie Water Works' "Big Bertha" was put into service 100 years ago. But no special anniversary celebration is planned for the obsolete four-story steam engine, south of the Bayfront Parkway and across from the Chestnut Street Water Treatment Plant.
    June 19, 2013 - Erie Times-News
  • 82-year-old steam locomotive visits Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston
    THOMASTON >> This is the machine that built America, Naugatuck Railroad president Howard Pincus said, seated in the 82-year old steam locomotive. Sadie, a charcoal-colored vintage steam engine visited the Thomaston’s Railroad Museum of New England for the first time.
    June 16, 2013 - The Register Citizen

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