Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Transported - Mobility Steampunk Style

Steampunk transportation assumes on a wide variety of forms, from the literally pedestrian to the amazingly innovative.

Some makers of machines confine themselves to replicas of conveyances actually used somewhere in the world during the steam era, while others handcraft mechanical marvels from materials available today, with a steam aesthetic, and sometimes boilers for steam powered engines.


By Land
Human-powered Favorites
Walking
Rickshaws
Pedal-power

Animal-Power
Horses
'Constructed' beasts
Carts
Carriages

Magnificent Machines
Horseless Carriage (aka the Automobile)
Steam locomotives
Mechanical Walkers

By Sea
Sailing ships
Steamers
Submarines (beginning with Jules Verne's Nautilus)

By Air
Hot Air Balloons
Assorted Airships
Dirigibles
Gyrothopters

Defying Space and Time
Time Machines (beginning with HG Wells classic)

1 comment:

  1. Missing walking machines and drilling machines among others. See my post from tor.com for some more: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/10/getting-around-in-a-steampunk-world

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