Stationary steam engine

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Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation.

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Stationary steam engine: Robert Stephenson
After marrying, George and Fanny lived in an upper room of a cottage; George worked as a brakesman on the stationary winding engine on the Quay, and in his spare time he cleaned and mended clocks and repaired shoes.
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Stationary steam engine: Rainhill, 1829
The directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway had originally intended to use stationary steam engines to haul trains along the railway using cables.
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