Northwest Steam Society
Promoting the Safe Use & Preservation of Live Steam
Steam Links
The following are links to steam-related organizations, events or topics we hope you find interesting, informative and educational. Links are arranged alphabetically in the following categories: FORUMS, CLUBS, MUSEUMS and ORGANIZATIONS, PERSONAL SITES, EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS and MISCELLANEOUS. Simply click on the line to visit that website.
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FORUMS:
Classic Steam Engine Engineering Forum
CLUBS, MUSEUMS and ORGANIZATIONS:
California State Railroad Museum
Chehalis Centralia Railroad Association
Connecticut Antique Engine Restoration
Finnish Steam Yacht Association
London Museum of Water and Steam
New England Wireless and Steam Museum
Pacific Railroad Preservation Assoc.
Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society
Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
Steam Automobile Club of America
Steam Automobile Club of America Northeast
Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Steam Car Club of Great Britain
Steamboat Association of Australia
Steamboat Association of Sweden
Baltimore & Chesapeake Steamboat Company
Vereniging Stoomvaart (Steam Shipping Assoc.)
PERSONAL SITES:
Riverboat Dave's Paddlewheel Site
Building the Elliott Bay Triple Expansion Steam Engine (Facebook link)
EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS:
A & K Enterprises - small valves, injectors, atomizing oil burners...
AD Piston Rings - Since 1921, manufactures piston rings for a wide variety of applications.
Beckmann Boatshop - steam and electric boatshop
Bjorklund Steam - manufacture an 80mm x 80mm engine.
check-valves.net - the name says it, and lots of 'em
Colonial Iron Works, Ltd. - design and manufacture of machinery, (steam engines, boilers, feed pumps, etc.)
Edensaw Woods, Ltd. - marine lumber and plywood
Elliott Bay Steam Launch Co. - engines, boilers, boats
Martin Model & Pattern - large selection of cast iron flywheels 3" too!
Michael Porter - marine design; does steamboats
Nature Coast Hobby Shop - live steam products & accessories
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
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!
Techantiques.com - what the name says
Tiny Power - fractional to 10HP steam & hot air engines
Traditional Boatshop (Elegance Launches) - from plans to complete boats
MEDIA:
Astragal Press - The Whistle's Moan, The American Steam Gauge
Elliott Bay Steam Launch Co. - books
Herron Rail Video - trains, traction engines, steamboats
Kimmel Steam Power - home page
Kimmel Steam Power Website Library - books, publications, technical papers, articles, terms with definitions, and diagrams with citations, essays, patents, and personal letters, all containing important steam information, many unique
Railpub - back issue live steam magazines & used books
MISCELLANEOUS:
History of the Transcontinental Railroad
Industrial Archaeology Recordings
International Association for the Advancement of Steam Power
Model Railroads and Freight Cars
Railroad History: Who Constructed Railroads?