Muddled memories: the alleged engine at Aston furnace

King, Peter, Muddled memories: the alleged engine at Aston furnace, Transactions of the 2nd International Early Engines Conference, Volume 2, IEEC & ISSES, 2023 [ISBN: 9781872986258/ISSN: ISSES, Stationary Power v.25 0960-0663], pp.63-66 doi:10.54267/ieec2-2-05

The report of a steam engine to blow Aston furnace near Birmingham appears to be the result of a historian’s mistake, perhaps the result of a story-teller having moved the venue for his subject to a more familiar location.

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