Steampunk was just steam technology in the late 1800’s. Many inventions are somewhat lost to us today. The authors HG Wells and Jules Verne were writing science fiction, which is now steampunk science fiction. The first rebirth of steampunk writing was a serial based on a boy who builds a steam powered man to pull a wagon to the west where they fight Indians and make their fortune, returning home in triumph. These stories were very popular in the 1920’s and 1930’s in America. This shows that as early as 1868, such an invention actually existed. If petroleum was not discovered as an energy source, who knows what cool technology we would have developed with steam and hydraulics?
Steam Robot
“Zadoc P. Dederick, along with Isaac Grass, was the creator of a steam-powered human-like robot designed to pull a cart.”
Michael Bradley - Time Traveler 
What a fantastic photograph! Pretty creepy though
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Interesting. I hear more about steampunk every day. I love that even vintage concepts are being popularized again,
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It is one of the genres that I write in. The Travelers’ Club series is steampunk, set in 1880. The first is The Ghost Ship, the second is Fire and Ash. The third will be out late this year.
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Reblogged this on Anneque G. Malchien and commented:
This week I’m into steampunk. 😀
Don’t you wish you had your own robot, steam powered or otherwise? Oh robots. I’m always into robots. Particularly battle mechs, pew pew pew!
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It’s a lovely picture, I’m glad it led me to your blog. 🙂
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