Oldest steam engine
- 纪录保持者
- James Watt
- 地点
- United Kingdom (Smethwick,)
- 打破时间
- 1779
The oldest steam engine in working order is the Smethwick Engine. Designed by James Watt (UK, 1736—1819) and built by the Birmingham Canal Company (UK) in 1779 at a cost of £2,000 (then $TBC) the pump worked on the locks at Smethwick, West Midlands, UK, until 1891.