The big London furniture store Heal & Son offered to clean and "purify" old beds with new steam machinery.
German destroyers also used innovative high-pressure steam machinery: while this should have helped their efficiency, it more often resulted in mechanical problems.
An adjoining building housed the steam machinery and included a storehouse for wheels, shares, and other ancillary equipment.
In 1934, Genève went under a refit, where her steam machinery was replaced with diesel engines.
Construction costs included £39,611 for the hull, and £12,500 for her steam machinery.
"Is that why most nations don't use much steam machinery?"
Over the original steam machinery, the gas turbine powerplant provided 35% more power while weighing 50% less and using 25% less space.
The 1888 ship had her steam machinery removed and replaced by four Derwents in 1950-1951.
In 1836, the first steam machinery was introduced at the Mint; previously coins had been struck by muscle power.
The real church does not have underground crypts or a tower full of ancient steam machinery.