World's oldest steam engine brought to life
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The world's oldest working steam engine is back in action, more than three years after it ran out of steam. The Smethwick Engine was installed on the Birmingham-Wolverhampton canal in 1779, and saved water by pumping it back up a series of canal locks at Smethwick. The engine, designed by Birmingham industrial pioneer James Watt, is now on show at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum | BBC Birmingham
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The world's oldest working steam engine is back in action, more than three years after it ran out of steam. The Smethwick Engine was installed on the Birmingham-Wolverhampton canal in 1779, and saved water by pumping it back up a series of canal locks at Smethwick. The engine, designed by Birmingham industrial pioneer James Watt, is now on show at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum | BBC Birmingham
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