1855: A patent is issued for the steam-powered calliope. Joshua Stoddard, a beekeeper and sometime inventor from Worcester, Massachusetts, was the recipient, although the instrument already existed in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS– Have you ever walked by the ...

WORCESTER — It was about 170 years ago when Worcester was first introduced to a new and incredibly loud sound that created enough din to be heard miles away. And hear it they did, so much so that the ...

The West Licking Historical Society and Mead-Needham Museum, Inc. have a new toy. It is one that will cheerfully announce its presence at their various events and certainly in our local parades. This ...

Title from container. Includes circus and showboat tunes and old merry-go-round music; played on calliope, carousels, and hand organs. "This record can be played on either regular LP or binaural ...

Setting sail on the American Queen, you can experience the bells and whistles of a riverboat through the unique sounds of the calliope. Time Warner Cable News’ Valarie D’Elia filed this report. There ...

It's an old-fashioned steam calliope, an instrument once commonly seen in carnivals and on riverboats many decades ago. But this calliope was designed in 2018 by a leading American artist, Kara Walker ...