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LINKS TO OTHER HOBBY STEAM SITES

Links are arranged alphabetically in the following categories: FORUMS; CLUBS, MUSEUMS & ORGANIZATIONS; PERSONAL SITES; EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS; and MISCELLANEOUS. Select the "underlined" name to visit that website. A  gold button  indicates a recent addition.

If you desire to have your site listed, go to the bottom of the page for instructions. NWSS Members' websites may be found on the steamers page or by selecting the "steamers" button in the left margin.

FORUMS

American Rails Forums - for fans of full size steam trains

Boiler Forum - hosted by a retired steam pipefitter

Chesapeake Steamboat Forum Group - STBaltimore/Chesapeake Bay

HasBrouck Engines Group - yahoo group building HasBrouck engines.

RailroadForums.Com - for anyone interested in railroads

Steamboat eGroup

The Steamboating Forum - has space for pics!

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CLUBS,    MUSEUMS   &   ORGANIZATIONS

Amateurs de Bateaux à Vapeur (French Hobby Steam Boaters)

American Classic Boat Society - Pacific Northwest Chapter

Antique Powerland Museum

Association for the "La Palma" Steamer Restoration

British Columbia Society of Model Engineers

The Center for Wooden Boats

Chehalis Centralia Railroad Association

Cruquius Museum (restored Dutch beam engine pumping station)

Deutscher Dampfboot Verein (German Steamboat Society)

S.S. Elfin and S.S. Jacob Langeberg

Finnish Steam Yacht Association - since 1968

Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society - paddlewheeler links!

International Steamboat Society & Steamboating - Subscribe Now!

Kew Bridge Steam Museum

Kinetic Steam Works - What can I say, they're in California!

Kitsap Live Steamers

Mount Rainier Scenic Railway

New England Wireless and Steam Museum

Nomadic Preservation Society - the last of the White Star vessels.

North American Steam Boat Association

Northern Mill Engine Society - BIG stationary engines

Norwegian Veteran Ships Club - S.S. Styrbjörn and S.D. Børøysund

Oregon Maritime Center & Museum

Pacific Beach & Summit RR - Whidbey Island, Washington

Pacific Railroad Preservation Assoc. - home of the SPS700

Puget Sound Antique Tractor and Machinery Assn. - for over forty years

Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - HUGE archives!

Sentinel Drivers Club - "for enthusiasts of anything Sentinel"

Somerset Traction Engine Club - "Driven by steam into the 21st Century"

Steam Automobile Club of America

Steam Automobile Club of America Northwest

Steam Boat Association of Great Britain

Steam Car Club of Great Britain

Steamboat Association of Australia

Steamboat Association of Sweden

Steamer Virginia V Foundation - Seattle, WA ( schedules on website )

S. S. Master Society

Sumpter Valley Railway - Be a "hands on" steam engineer for a day

Steam Tug Baltimore

Vapores del Atlantico S.L. (Steambark Hidria II)

Trevithick Society

Vereingung Schweizer Dampfbootefreunde (Swiss Steamboat Society)

Vereniging Stoomvaart (Dutch Steam Society)

Wooden Boat Foundation

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PERSONAL   SITES

S. L. Elpenor - David Ayers' boat in the UK

Flying Steam Machines - Full size to models how-to.

Hobby Steamboaters Web Ring

The Legend of Steamboatin' Deutschland

New Zealand Steam Scene

Old Engine House - Richard Adamek

Riverboat Dave's Paddlewheel Site

Stanley Steamers - John Woodson

Steam esteem - Great info on marine boilers, fuel, problem solving

Steaming Priest - Excellent site for Garden Railroaders

S.L. Woodbine - Bob Shearer

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EQUIPMENT   SUPPLIERS

A & K Enterprises - small valves, injectors, atomizing oil burners...

Astragal Press - The Whistle's Moan, The American Steam Gauge

B2Ånga - in Swedish, but "Ång" = steam and "bat" = boat

Beckmann Boatshop

Bjorklund Steam - manufacture an 80mm x 80mm engine.

Build Your Boiler - copper boiler suitable for 2+HP engines

check-valves.net - the name says it, and lots of 'em

Colonial Iron Works, Ltd.

Connecticut Antique Engine Restoration - steam engine restoration

Crescent Marine Steam Engines - 5HP Simple & 10HP Compound.

Edensaw Woods, Ltd. - marine lumber and plywood

Elliott Bay Steam Launch Co. - engines, boilers, boats & books

Essex Brass - this is the lubricator page, but there's much more

Green Velvet - Steam Engine Lubrication Specialties (small quantities)

HasBrouck Engines - plans for engines without castings

Herron Rail Video - trains, traction engines, steamboats

Lindsay's Technical Books - "The" Lindsay book folks, online

Martin Model & Pattern - large selection of cast iron flywheels 3" to ?

Mason's Trains - custom 1 - 1/2" scale trains.

Michael Porter - marine design; does steamboats

Midwest Model Steam Products - live steam products & accessories

Mosquito Enterprises, Inc. - hulls, engines, code boilers

Myers Engine Works - The best small duplex feed pump

Old Time Tech - produces an excellent, authentic steam siren

Pearl Engine Co. - single & twin cylinder engines, feed pumps, blueprints...

Perfectly Pretty Comfy Clothing Company - period clothing

Railpub - back issue live steam magazines & used books

Rappahannock Boat Works - complete steam launch hulls

Reliable Steam Engine Co - engines, boilers, accessories & boat plans

Selway-Fisher Design - hull designs

Sherline Products - plus online "how-to" for their products!

Steam Replicas - steam powered models of all kinds

Strath Steam - engines

Techantiques.com - what the name says

Tiny Power - fractional to 10HP steam & hot air engines

Traditional Boatshop (Elegance Launches) - from plans to complete boats

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MISCELLANEOUS

Discoverlivesteam.com - model/garden railroad; lots of info

The Don McCune Library

Industrial Archaeology Recordings

International Association for the Advancement of Steam Power

MarineWaypoints.com

Mother of All Maritime Links - make a large pot of coffee!

RailServe.com - search or browse over 9,000 Rail Sites

gold button  RailsNW - From charter live steam trains in the PacNW to worldwide

Roots of Motive Power - BIG STUFF!

Shay Locomotives - ALL you ever wanted to know about them!

Silva Bay Shipyard School - near Nanaimo, British Columbia

steam-engines-for-sale.com - free classified to buy or sell steam stuff

Steam in the Garden - online version of the magazine.

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Twain Times - diagram of "working" sternwheel engine.

EMAIL

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