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 ...

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 ...

Navigating the waters along the Central Coast in dense fog is a challenge, despite the adoption of modern navigation equipment. In the early 1900s, it was a nightmare. However, that wall of gray off ...

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.

The ferry service on Cape Cod has a new very old sound. The Steamship Authority scoured the country for historic steam whistles to replace the more modern and abrasive sounding air horns. In ...

After a year of relative silence due to the pandemic, the ear-piercing, wholly singular event known as Whistles on the Water returns to the city of St. Clair on Sept. 25. The event celebrates the ...

CULLOWHEE – A steam whistle that had collected dust at Western Carolina University’s steam plant is now back in working order, thanks to a summer internship team with the WCU Rapid Center. The whistle ...

On December 31, 2014, Pratt Institute Chief Engineer Conrad Milster led the final New Year’s Eve steam whistle ceremony, a 50-year tradition where the Pratt community, local Brooklyn neighbors, and ...