He was paraded along the seafront on a steam powered trolley attended by engineers who would be black from shoveling coal.
The steam powered pump has no moving parts or constrictions thus preventing blocking and saving on maintenance.
By this time steam powered mills had replaced many water mills and the workers had to move away to find work.
A steam powered 19th century reciprocating saw demonstrated by Jo Lawley of Shropshire.
The charming Julia Belle Swain was built in 1971 and is considered one of the few authentic steam-powered passenger vessels still in operation on the Mississippi.