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The variable pitch steam whistle at the New York Wire Company in York, Pennsylvania, was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2002 as the loudest steam whistle on record at 124.1dBA from a set distance [clarify] used by Guinness. [84] The York whistle was also measured at 134.1 decibels from a distance of 23-feet. [12]
Calliope on the Minne-Ha-Ha, a stern-wheeler on Lake George, New York Kitch Greenhouse Steam Calliope at the Ohio Historical Society – July 2006 Fairground calliope trailer being hauled by a U.S.-built traction engine – New Orleans Mardi Gras 2007 Steam calliope (c. 1901) built by George Kratz and used on the showboat French's New Sensation at The Mariners' Museum
George Washington Whistler (May 19, 1800 – April 7, 1849) was an American civil engineer best known for building steam locomotives and railroads. [2] He is credited with introducing the steam whistle to American locomotives. [3] In 1842, Tsar Nicholas I hired him to build the Saint Petersburg–Moscow Railway, Russia's first large-scale ...
Joshua C. Stoddard (August 26, 1814, in Pawlet, Vermont – April 5, 1902) was an American inventor. He was educated at public schools, and became noted as an apiarist.He also turned his attention to inventing, and on October 9, 1855, patented (U.S. patent 13,668) the steam calliope, used on Mississippi River steamboats. [1]
Listening to the York Factory Whistle Concert early Christmas morning has been a tradition for generations. The concert, which features eerie-sounding holiday songs, is set for 12:10 a.m. on Dec ...
English: This is the steam whistle from the steamship J. B. Ford. The whistle was removed from the vessel in 1996, and donated to the historical society in 2017. Guest may blow the whistle to salute passing lake freighters.
The project was inspired by Segal's personal experience organizing a whistle-stop campaign tour for Republican U.S. Rep. Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma, for whom he was serving as press secretary in 1984.
Some of the ship had been removed for restoration, such as the massive engine [3] [18] and the ship's steam whistle. In 2006 the Steamship Authority installed the Nobska's whistle on their modern vessel the Eagle (built in 1987), [ 17 ] [ 19 ] although it is now air-powered instead of steam-powered, and put a recording of the whistle on their ...