Some Favourite, Steamy or Interesting Links
International Stationary Steam Engine Society web site is now live on http://www.steamenginesociety.org for further details contact Paul Stephens, Chairman, International Stationary Steam Engine Society, Rose Cottage, Down Road, ALVESTON, Bristol, BS12 2JQ, England. or email him at paul.stephens@isses.freeserve.co.uk
Fred Crammonds amazing “The Stationary Steam Engine Websites Website” is probably the most comprehensive of it's type anywhere on the web.
The Newcomen Society can be found at http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/researchers/newchome.htm
Hot Engine Links http://www.ave.net/~blearned/hotlnks.htm
An on line resource not to be missed is the model engineers list moderated by Russ Kepler - an international 'virtual' model engineers club without leaving the comfort of your home or workshop ! Covering a bewildering array of both on and off topic subjects.
Chris Heapy's Model Engineering Pages and links http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~chrish/homepage.htm
Martin Wallis is serialising the building of local engineers Savage's 'Little Sampson' steam tractor.
The Tod Engine Project (this is a big one !!) http://members.aol.com/todengine/webpage.html
In Ireland the Steam Museum at Straffan, Co. Kildare is 16 miles from Dublin.
The Cadia Cornish Engine House and Mine Works is in New South Wales - Australia.
As is the Sydney Powerhouse Museum - home to the worlds oldest working rotative steam engine made by Boulton and Watt in 1784 it worked for 102 years in Whitbread's brewery in London before being shipped 'down under' in the 1880's ! There are a few other exhibits here - about 350,000 in all - well worth a visit.
Aukland's excellent MOTAT (Museum of Transport and Technology) in New Zealand is built around a pair of early water pumping beam engines and has an excellent collection of exhibits and a superb reference library.
The East Anglian Traction Engine Club and the Road Roller Association websites are both well worth a look.
General UK Museums are at http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums/uk.html
Museum of Arts et Metiers in Paris http://www.cnam.fr/museum/data/recdetaillee.html?01055
Veronica's site - Beyer Garratt locomotive and steam / hydraulic conversion for a Ransomes MG Crawler tractor http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2640
George Hendry has hot air engines on http://www.agcomp.demon.co.uk/engines
Roy Rice and Richard Egge's 'Little Engine Pages' are fun and contain a number of interesting Stirling, Hot Air and Flame Licker engines - try Richard's mind mangling Trigonometry puzzles and earn yourself 15 minutes of fame ! 'The beatings will continue until morale improves'
How stuff Works has a nice section on the steam engine
The Northwest Steam Society site is hosted by Ronald Fossum who's own site includes detail of his steam launch Artemis.
The great purveyor of Engineering reminiscences, workshop lore, and brilliant machinists tips, Guy Lautard, author of 'The Machinist's Bedside Reader' series is now on line with a website at www.lautard.com
Harry's Old Engine Pages are linked to an almost unbelievable range of sites.
Reciprocal links with SSE related sites can be arranged, mail webmaster@oldenginehouse.demon.co.uk with details - any link from here not working please advise details.