Boiler Room
What Steam-Up would be complete without steam-powered personal transporters?
Photograph by Brian Jepson
A visit to the annual Yankee Steam-Up.
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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