Steam Sabotage

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When Captain Swing Signed The Envelope And The Thresher Went Missing

A genteel campaign of smashed machines, threatening letters and rural whoops that left magistrates flummoxed and farmers in pyjamas of fury.Read More

Sultana: the boat that blew up my ability to stay composed

A crowded Mississippi steamboat, a busted boiler, and a pile of official shrugging that still feels sus to me.Read More

That Time a Queensland Woolshed Got Burned and the Whole Mood Shifted

A sleepy station, a shearing plant ruined, and a song that came out of smoke and gossip - this one is messy and weirdly iconic.Read More

How a Secret Society Made Boilers Miserable

A grim little campaign of mucked-up pumps, undercover detectives and one community that treated steam engines like enemy generals.Read More

When the Fenians Tried to Make Trains Disappear (Almost)

A ludicrously earnest campaign of tiny explosions, grand politics and one extraordinary public hiss of panic that left magistrates baffled and the populace rather cross.Read More

When Mill Lads Yanked Boiler Plugs

They walked into mills, pulled the little plugs out of the boilers and sat back while the whole place went quiet and everyone lost their head.Read More
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