May 2006
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
6h 55m
English

What Steam-Up would be complete without steam-powered personal transporters?
Photograph by Brian Jepson
By Brian Jepson
Dozens of steam engines meet in Rhode Island every year, connect to a massive boiler, and crank away for all to see. Everything from the smallest tabletop engines to large industrial models share the steam and show off what they can do with it. This is the annual Yankee Steam-Up, held on the grounds of the New England Wireless and Steam Museum (users.ids.net/~newsm), an organization dedicated to preserving the beginnings of wireless and steam technologies.
Throughout the day, ...
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