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  2. Piston valve (steam engine) - Wikipedia

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    Piston valves are one form of valve used to control the flow of steam within a steam engine or locomotive. They control the admission of steam into the cylinders and its subsequent exhausting, enabling a locomotive to move under its own power. The valve consists of two piston heads on a common spindle moving inside a steam chest, which is ...

  3. Proton (software) - Wikipedia

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    Steam API library: Proprietary Proton is a compatibility layer that allows Windows software (primarily video games) to run on Linux -based operating systems. [ 1 ] Proton is developed by Valve in cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers . [ 2 ]

  4. New England Wireless and Steam Museum - Wikipedia

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    The New England Wireless and Steam Museum is an electrical and mechanical engineering museum at 1300 Frenchtown Road in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, with working steam engines and an early wireless station and technology archives. The museum was founded in 1964 under the leadership of Robert Merriam.

  5. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    Steam is a digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve.It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005.

  6. Valve Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam and the game franchises Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead and Dota.

  7. Steamtown National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The first steam locomotive to pull excursion runs at Steamtown, prior to the move from Vermont. [16] 132 Wabash Railroad: SW-8: 1953 Display Painted as Lackawanna No. 500. 210 2-6-0: American Locomotive Company: 1923 Display 504/506 EMD F3: Electro-Motive Division 1948 Operational Repainted as Lackawanna 663 and 664. Operates excursion trains ...

  8. TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum - Wikipedia

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    The TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum (Turkish: TCDD Açık Hava Buharlı Lokomotif Müzesi) is a railroad museum in Ankara, Turkey, which focuses on the history of steam locomotives that operated on the Turkish State Railways.

  9. Location library - Wikipedia

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    A location library or location archive is a collection of visual and references information, usually organized by a serial numbering system, descriptive keywords, geographic location (or more often than not a combination of the aforementioned) of locations, or places that might be used for filming or photography.