The New England Wireless and Steam Museum

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The New England Wireless and Steam Museum The New England Wireless and Steam Museum, Dedicated to preserving the beginnings of radio and steam power. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit institution.

The museum is run by volunteers and supported by your generous financial help. The New England Wireless and Steam Museum was founded in 1960 and is dedicated to preserving the beginnings of radio and steam power. The museum has one of the largest displays of operational stationary steam engines, including the only George H. Corliss engine running under steam. Rhode Island was a technology center in the 19th century so many of the steam engines that are on display were manufactured locally. The Museum has a large collection of pre-1950 wireless equipment, including Walter Massie's wireless telegraph station and equipment. The Massie station was originally located in Point Judith and was moved to the museum in 1983. The 1822 Meeting Hall was moved to the museum in 1972. The building has been completely restored and features an antique reed organ and an early Hammond electric organ. This charming hall can be rented for various functions, and will seat 110. There is a large grass area to the side of the meeting hall suitable for a receiption tent.

Mike, Ernie, and Paul finished disassembling the Worthington steam driven pump that was donated by Scott from the Palisa...
10/22/2026

Mike, Ernie, and Paul finished disassembling the Worthington steam driven pump that was donated by Scott from the Palisades Mill in Wakefield, RI. It has not been used for many decades so it needed to be completely disassembled for cleaning and repair. You can expect to see it in operation next year.

On Saturday we picked up a large collection of radios from the 1920s through the 1970s, some TVs, and some test equipmen...
10/18/2026

On Saturday we picked up a large collection of radios from the 1920s through the 1970s, some TVs, and some test equipment. A never-used Raytheon vacuum tube caddy, and a Philco Predicta TV from the late 1950s, was in the collection. The computer related equipment will go to the Rhode Island Computer Museum. After we do an inventory we will contact other radio and TV museums to share what we collected.

A big thanks to all our volunteers, visitors and exhibitors for another fantastic Steam Up. We hope you all had a great ...
10/11/2026

A big thanks to all our volunteers, visitors and exhibitors for another fantastic Steam Up. We hope you all had a great day and will help us spread the word about what we're doing here. For anyone who missed the noontime demonstration about the power of atmospheric pressure, you can see our video version of it here.

We don't think much of the atmospheric pressure that is around us a...

Yankee Steam Up is tomorrow! Come see the Herreshoff, Corliss, Harris, Fitchburg, and other engines running on steam. Fo...
10/09/2026

Yankee Steam Up is tomorrow! Come see the Herreshoff, Corliss, Harris, Fitchburg, and other engines running on steam. Food, exhibitors, wireless demos, presentations, and new kids events, all packed into one day. See you then!

See our newly restored Teletype machines receiving and hammering out news this Saturday at Yankees Steam Up!
10/08/2026

See our newly restored Teletype machines receiving and hammering out news this Saturday at Yankees Steam Up!

One of the many things to enjoy at Steam Up this year. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bvpfi1fZB/
10/06/2026

One of the many things to enjoy at Steam Up this year. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bvpfi1fZB/

On Saturday, October 10, join SSHSA Archivist Astrid Drew at the New England Wireless & Steam Museum’s Yankee Steam Up for a presentation on Corliss Steam Engines in Rhode Island at 1:00 p.m. ET. George Henry Corliss catapulted Providence, Rhode Island onto the world stage when he patented his steam engine valve gear. That innovation fueled the Industrial Revolution in Rhode Island and made Providence (and Corliss) famous. However, he wasn’t the only inventor and industrialist making a mark in the little city. In this presentation one will learn about Corliss, his invention, and the landscape of engineers and business that thrived in latter half of the 19th century and how they all shaped Rhode Island as well as the world. See huge steam engines in operation and learn the history of steam power and wireless communication.

10/05/2026

Great news, you haven't missed the Yankee Steam Up this year. It's this Saturday

The kind people at the Rhode Island Computer Museum sent a Philco Model 4 shortwave radio converter our way. It was intr...
09/27/2026

The kind people at the Rhode Island Computer Museum sent a Philco Model 4 shortwave radio converter our way. It was introduced in 1931 and was only made for a little more than a year. It was a stopgap because Philco was late in designing multiband receivers. This shortwave radio converter could be added to an existing AM broadcast receiver to allow you to listen to stations in the 1.5-3.6 MHz, 3.6-8.5 MHz and 8.5-19.0 MHz bands.

John dropped off the Museum's Teletype Model 14 Printing Reperforator after a complete restoration. The level of detail ...
09/20/2026

John dropped off the Museum's Teletype Model 14 Printing Reperforator after a complete restoration. The level of detail in his restorations is really amazing.

During Steam-Up we will have two Teletypes connected between buildings so we can send messages between them.

Address

1300 Frenchtown Road
East Greenwich, RI
02818

Opening Hours

Thursday 9am - 12pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm

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+14018850545

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