KU's old steam whistle, which came from a German ship, is on display at the Kansas Union near the Hawk's Nest. Even with funding in hand, the whistle-replacement project wasn’t easy.

They’ll use a steam-powered organ called a calliope to warm up the crowd starting at 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, and the whistle will sound an opening blast at 11:30 p.m. But the real show will ...

Among the hundreds of objects being moved out is this steam whistle from the steamboat Minnesota, a boat that ran on the Upper Mississippi for much of its 63-year life.

Initially, years ago, the city decided to blow the whistle during the same times that the brewery had: 8 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. But after about 45 days, the city received too many ...

Young Don Ryan practices on the New York Wire Cloth factory steam whistle with his father, Marlin Ryan, in the 1950s. Holy smokes: It's going to be a hazy shade of summer in central Pennsylvania ...