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Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea, Hudson River, 2008
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Steaming down the Hudson River from Troy to Manhattan, August 13-Sept. 12, 2008

July 8, 2008: NBC11 (SF): Bay Area Steamboat Prepares For New York, a short article on the steamboat restoration and great video footage of the boat in the water, with crew interviews, by Josh Keppel. The piece aired on the 6 o'clock news on July 10, 2008.

2525 Mandela Parkway, November 2008
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KSW’s New Workshop Space!

The Edwardian Ball, 2008
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January 25, 2008, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA. Official site is: here.

The Crucible Comes To San Francisco
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September 29, 2007, Presidio Heights, San Francisco, CA.

Burning Man 2007
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Current TV/TV Free Burning Man: KSW Interview
August 27 - September 3, 2007, Black Rock City, NV: 46,000 people, the Steampunk Tree House, the Tender Tender, steam effects, and more.

The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival, 2007
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July 11-14, 2007, Oakland, CA: KSW, Hortense in her biggest role yet, starring as Aeolus, God of The Winds, in The Crucible's Fire Odyssey.

Piedmont Fourth of July Town Parade
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July 4, 2007, Piedmont, CA: Scouts w/ Kazoos, Steam & Liberty.

Stagecoach Music Festival
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May 5-6th, 2007, Indio, CA: Many stages, hundreds and thousands of people, but only one Kinetic Steam Works' Clockwork Menagerie.

Coachella Music Festival
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April 27-29th, 2007, Indio, CA: Many stages, hundreds and thousands of people, but only one Kinetic Steam Works' Clockwork Menagerie. Appearing with the Vaida Carousel, The Dingus Smashing Show Players, The Real Greg Jones, and more!

Pre-Coachella Steam Up (#3)
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April 21st, 2007, NIMBY: Boilers are fired, equipment tested, carousels ridden in the name of science, Dingus Smashing Show rehearsal now with Real Mustard Projection!

The Crucible's GIFTY
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December 16-17th, 2006, West Oakland: The Crucible's annual pan-demonenational craft & gift fair, w/ workshops, pan-denominational, flowing bronze, and possibly arc-welder roasted chestnuts if you can find 'em.

Decompression 2006
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October 8th, 2006, San Francisco: the Burning Man community's 7th annual street faire. Stilt walkers, chickens, silver men, costumed freaks, beauties, personages, grotesques and everything inbesteam.

Burning Man 2006
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August 26 - September 4, 2006, Black Rock City, NV: 39,000 people, a carousel, nightly steam sauna, Tender Tender, Ramp of Death, and more.

Fire Arts Festival 2006
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July 12-16, 2006, Oakland, CA: The Crucible's annual Fire Arts Festival.

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KSW Steam Up #2
June 17, 2006, Oakland, CA: new smoke stack collar, newer deeper steam whistle, valve re-fits, and more.

KSW Steam Up #1
April 18, 2006, Oakland, CA: starting at NIMBY, down Mandela Parkway to the Crucible! Dogs hate the whistle, budget wine drinkers love the whistle, everyone has a cellphone camera, really, everyone.

Engine Adoption & Boiler Test
March 12, 2006, Carson City, NV.

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Random Photos of Steam Engines
Classic traction engines, flywheels, governors, steam shovels, personages, historical and educational depictions.