Twenty-one years ago, the brewery on Custer Way in Tumwater that produced Olympia beer closed. As part of that farewell, the steam whistle, which had long been heard by the community at shift changes, ...

This circuit consists of six square wave oscillators. Square waves are made up of a large number of harmonics. If six square waves with different frequencies are added together, the result will be a ...

A crowd of hundreds joined Pratt Institute Chief Engineer Conrad Milster as he blew his historic collection of steam whistles for the final time on New Year’s Eve, marking the end of a 50-year ...

The sixth annual Whistles on the Water roars and howls into downtown St. Clair on Saturday, Sept. 27. The daylong festival recreates the time when steamships were the "Royalty" of the Great Lakes.

Who knew that an event that encourages people to let off steam would be celebrating its 10th anniversary on Saturday. Certainly not the organizers of that inaugural Whistles on the Water event. "We’re ...

As many as 100 steam whistles from old lake freighters and passenger ships will be on display and in use in downtown St. Clair on Sept. 29 as part of the fourth annual “Whistles on the River.” Most of ...

The tradition will absolutely continue. Christmas in York will again begin with a 12:15 a.m. Factory Whistle Concert, according to Jeff Hines, chairman of the York Factory Whistle Concert Committee.

TIME STEAMS on, but this resounding New Year’s Eve tradition is reaching the end of the line. The ear-splitting arrangement of steam-powered whistles salvaged from old trains, factories and ships will ...