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Steam Engine Pilgrimage (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 4 820
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Steam Engine Pilgrimage (Hardcover)
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List price R807
Loot Price R482
Discovery Miles 4 820
You Save R325 (40%)
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Anthony Burton has travelled from the Highlands of Scotland, to the
south west of England in pursuit of his passion for the steam
engine in all its different forms. He has travelled on narrow gauge
railways in Wales and enjoyed the splendour of main line journeys
behind some of the grandest locomotives ever built. He has
shovelled coal into the boiler of an old Clyde Puffer, while
steaming down Scotland's west coast, and luxuriated in the elegance
of a Windermere steam launch. He has marvelled at the magnificence
of the great Victorian pumping engines and their elaborately
decorated engine houses - and spends time every year helping to oil
and polish an old mill engine to get it ready to receive visitors.
He has revelled in the fun of the steam fair and shared a ride in a
replica of Richard Trevithick's extraordinary steam carriage with a
direct descendant of the great engineer. All these experiences and
more are brought together in this lively narrative, in which the
author shares his own sense of excitement and places each visit
within its historical context.Above all, this book is a tribute to
all those anonymous volunteers whose hard work and dedication have
kept this great tradition alive.
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