According to “The History of the Great American Steam Piano” by Steven Espensheid, the first steamboat fitted with a calliope ...

When the SL Louisa cruises down a river, steam whistling from its boiler, people turn their heads and wave as it floats along on another adventure. In the day and age of expensive luxury yachts ...

Steam at the Lift 2025, the Anderton Boat Lift's Victorian extravaganza, is returning on Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11, between 10am and 4.30pm ...

Like the recent Endurance set (which I own and love), the steamboat will also feature functional elements like a working paddle connected to a ‘steam’ engine, a rudder activated by the ship ...

Many steamboat enthusiasts argue there were earlier ... which were driven by steam engines,” Martin said. The problem was, even then, it was particularly difficult to find a working calliope.