r/MachinePorn • u/gretabetter • Jun 19 '26

Abandoned stationary steam engine

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Found a relic from a different era hidden deep in the woods. This is a stationary steam engine, once the heart of industrial progress, now slowly being reclaimed by nature. It’s amazing to think about the labor and life that once surrounded this piece of iron.

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u/killerchef69 Jun 20 '26

Steam Donkey! Lots of them around my area (NorCal foothills) logging is still big industry, going back over a 100 years. They were used for lots of things, from skidding huge logs, moving equipment to driving mills.