THE Power of Steam
A steam-powered sawmill survives.
Plumes of steam rise from a rusted tin roof and from side vents underneath the wooden building. They float among the redwoods that line the canyon and merge into a low, morning fog that has rolled in from the coast. A portal to the past has opened to reveal Sturgeon’s Mill.
It’s a world of steam whistles and forged iron, rumbling wooden floorboards and rhythmically pulsing, gleaming machinery, filled with moist air and piles of wet sawdust. At its center is a beast of a circular ...
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