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Temples of Steam DVDs

Historic steam powered rice
mills in Burma and Thailand
Click here to download sample clips

Special offer
We will supply two DVDs with the 2009 Burma
material as a sample for just GBP 10 and 
discount this from the full price if you then 
order the rest of the set. Please email
.

Between 2005 and 2009, we (Rob and Yuehong Dickinson) made 5 journeys to Myanmar in search of stationary steam engines in the rice mills of Myanmar/Burma. What we found has been described on this website, one of our reports lists those manufacturers and agents names so far recorded. In the process we have documented literally hundreds of engines, the majority of which we have seen at work and recorded on video. From that archive, we have compiled footage of all the rarer engines found, together with selected engines from the major builders Marshall and Tangye where there is significant mass duplication of engines. We have now upgraded the footage to include those new engines found working on our 2009 trip.

We have also made three short trips to Thailand where the rice mills have a lower density of steam power

The result is a unique industrial archaeology record, representing a treasure house of working stationary steam that was almost unknown before we started our explorations. Also included in some cases is a record of the rice mills themselves at work, many of them almost unchanged in 70 years or more of operation. The 12 DVDs in the set contain about 10 hours of viewing, but unlike our Sweet Spot and Yuehong's Logging Off DVDs which are designed for general interest viewing, they are intended for the specialist enthusiast and to make them affordable we will burn them on our own computers and mail them in a 'no frills' package, but that doesn't mean that the quality of the video represented is any lower than our normal high standards. It has cost us literally thousands of pounds to make these trips, we can never hope to recover even a fraction of the cost but a few sales will help a little bit.....   

The full cost of this set of DVD is just GBP 50 - or the current equivalent in USD or EUR etc, with ever changing rates I no longer quote exact values. For full ordering information please send an email to , indicating where you would like the DVDs sent and we will advise available methods which will avoid excessive bank charges. Alternatively you can use this Paypal account but please make the payment in GBP (British Pounds) if possible, we would prefer UK residents to send a cheque or make online payment, we can advise an address/account.

(IMPORTANT: the addresses with "@" above are NOT LINKS which can be clicked, they are images, you will have to retype them for an email or Paypal transaction. Sorry but that has to be done to try to prevent the address being spammed.)


We have prepared 7 sample clips (reduced size 320 x 240, wmv format) which you can download:

Temples of Steam 1

(Unknown maker)

also available

YouTube Version

Temples of Steam 2

(Dryden)

also available

YouTube Version

Temples of Steam 3

(Robey)

also available

YouTube Version

Temples of Steam 4

(Ruston, Proctor)

also available

YouTube Version

Temples of Steam 5

(Tangye)

also available

YouTube Version

Temples of Steam 6

(Marshall)

also available

YouTube Version

Temples of Steam 7

(LYC, Bangkok)


See also:


Rob Dickinson

Email: webmaster@internationalsteam.co.uk