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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The development of steam power is charted from its beginnings two centuries ago following its progression throughout America and Europe as technology responded to the demands of the Industrial Revolution. Agriculture reaped the first benefits of the new technology but soon these mighty giants were being used for heavy-duty haulage passenger services and road building. Colorful accounts of the spectacular journeys these machines made are recounted here along with evocative descriptions of the unremittingly hard lives of the drivers and engineers. It is perhaps. however in the fairground that the traction engine’s particular appeal lies where it brought the possibility of lights music and increasingly exciting rides. The colors. noises and atmosphere of the fairground are recreated here and the entrepreneurial spirit of the showmen who exploited the endless diversity of the traction engine is applauded. The book is beautifully illustrated through- out with over 100 photographs creating 4 work that offers both a celebration of the efforts of those who rebuild and restore the old engines today and a hopeful glance towards the future for steam power As engineers search for new applications for this proven technology perhaps we can look forward to the day when steam power will find a use once more and when we might hear the hissing of valves and cylinders as the elemental forces of fire and water are forense