This 700 hp steam engine powered 1,700 looms at Harle Syke Mill in Burnley, and was running when we saw it. I should add something here about the danger of steam engines. They are addictive. At this stage, ignorant and 3,000 miles from away from any significant concentrations of steam engines, I am probably safe. But I found on the internet warnings and evidence of how steam engines can take over your life. There is the Old Engine House web site, for example. It has an impressive page that details the large number of steam engines to see in Britain. The author of this fine web site says his family and neighbors are so well trained in pandering to his addiction that "they sometimes bring the odd gift of something old, interesting or just rusty to keep me quiet!" NEXT LIST