Turbinia Turbinia Turbinia was the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, and easily the fastest ship in the world at that time, "Turbinia" was demonstrated dramatically at the Spithead Navy Review in 1897 and set the standard for the next generation of steamships, the majority of which would be turbine powered. The vessel is currently located at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, while her original powerplant is located at the London Science Museum. Charles Algernon Parsons invented the modern steam turbine in 1884, and, having foreseen its potential to power ships,
The Haunted Castle (1897 British film) edition of "The British Film Catalogue". However, the film historian John Barnes, in his book-length study of the year 1897 in British film, concluded that the title referred to a Méliès film that had been referenced in England since May of that year. Méliès's 1897 film "Le Château hanté" was indeed released in Britain as "The Haunted Castle". (A slightly earlier film of his, "Le Manoir du diable", made in the winter of 1896–7, is also known as "The Haunted Castle" after its American release title.) The Haunted Castle (1897 British film) The Haunted Castle is a hypothetical lost 1897