the power of steam in controlling the forces of nature (OUV)

Eugène Mercier used a steam engine to light the cellars. (Nomination file, p. 216)

Steam lift

"The technical annexes are functionally arranged around this building, notably the six steam generating boilers, five for boiling cocoons and one to provide the motive power." (AB ev)

Numerous - e.g "Iconic Cornish Beam engine of 1904-5 at Dorothea Slate Quarry" and "A classic steam powered aerial ropeway system know as a "Blondin" after the famous tightrope walker" (Nom File)

remains of a 19th century steam-powered water-pumping station

Rapid development from the advent of steam power

The King’s Mine was the first copper mine to be equipped with a waterwheel and power transmission rods for mining operations; a steam engine was installed in 1841. (AB ev)

Nilgiri Mountain Railway

innovative use of the high-pressure steam beam engine (OUV)

The colony of Frederiksoord has a former steam tram depot on the Koningin Wilhelminalaan. In the Veenhuizen component, the former cotton mill Het Stoom, dating from 1839, was the first steam-powered factory in the province of Drenthe. (Nomination file, p. 52, 67)

one of the first canals to be designed specifically for steam-powered vessels (AB ev)

"Power was provided in the Boiler Room by oil-fuelled, water-tube steam generators, four dating from 1906 and six from 1922." (AB ev)