On the subject of English steam power, if you ever have the chance to visit the Kempton Park Waterworks, you'll get to see
[h=1]"the worldโs largest working triple-expansion steam pumping engine in action. Come and see the huge 33-ton flywheels spinning round on their 30-ton crankshaft and watch the massive con rods rise and fall in rhythmic splendour. At 62 feet high, and weighing 1,000 tons, the engine is the size of a block of flatsโฆ and itโs not alone because our magnificent Art Deco building houses two of them!"[/h]
When I visited London a couple of years ago, this was one of my priority stops, but not for the reason you may think. There's a scrumptious connection to motor cars, who knows what it is?