Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based in Wallsend, North East England, on the River Tyne. The company was founded by Charles Algernon Parsons in 1897 with £500,000 of capital, and specialised in building the steam turbine engines that he had invented for naval use. The first ship to use a Parsons propulsion system was "Turbinia", launched in 1894; the successful demonstration of this vessel led to the creation of the company and the subsequent construction of the engines for the first two turbine-powered destroyers for the Navy, and , launched
The Haunted Castle (1897 British film) The Haunted Castle (1897 British film) The Haunted Castle is a hypothetical lost 1897 British film, attributed in some filmographies to the British film pioneer George Albert Smith, but which may be a misidentification of a French film by Georges Méliès. Many of Smith's films show an interest in supernatural themes, such as "Photographing a Ghost" (1898), "The Haunted Picture Gallery" (1899), and his major short comedy "Mary Jane's Mishap" (1903); he also filmed a version of the Faust legend. A film called "The Haunted Castle", supposedly released by Smith in December 1897, was attributed to him in the 1973