Definitely. Also looks like made a long time ago by the rust.
Steam engines ruled supreme for perhaps 100 years; the motive power that brought us into the 21st Century.
Articles about them filled many technical books and magazines of the day.
The steam engine books written by prestigious university professors were often steeped in complex calculus formulas.
Many of the best technical minds in the world focused on advancing steam engine design for many years, especially prior to about 1896.
1896 was when Westinghouse demonstrated his 3-phase power distribution system, which was the beginning of the end for reciprocating steam engines.
Steam turbines still rule some of the power world.
Steam engines were everywhere, used for everything, and so people were exposed to them much more than today.
And it was much more common to be able to just walk into places, with little or no security.
I recall going to the airport when I was young, and every plane on the apron was a DC3.
There were no jet commercial airliners in common use in this area.
When a DC3 engine would start, it would billow out clouds of smoke, and sprew out oil, which would stream down the cowling.
I could not believe people actually flew on planes that had an engine that had so much trouble starting.
I remember thinking "Dang, I hope they make it".
And you could just walk out on the ramp and greet folks.
Airplanes had rolling stairs, and to board an airplane, you had to go outside, and climb the stairs.
You could basically go about anywhere you wanted to go at airports in the early 1960's.
And people dressed up like they were going to church when they would fly.
Coats and ties and such.
I am not even sure if the cabins were pressurized back then.
A friend of mine's dad was a radial engine mechanic for one of the airlines, and he decided he wanted to become a pilot, and so he got his license, and flew commercial until he hit 65 I think, which is mandatory retirement.
That guy could tell some stories.
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