Sunday, 19 October 2008

Puffing Billie.


Puffing Billie:

http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/icons_of_invention/technology/1750-1820/IC.006/

This is the oldest surviving steam locomotives made in 1814. It looks like someone really hacked and hammered it together out of any odd scraps they could find. The wooden panels and battered metal combined look like they would fit in nicely on our submarine.

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