The woodcuts of the mining machinery remind me of a book I obsessed over as a child. Pick it up if you have kids. Written by L. Sprauge De Camp too, whose was

The woodcuts of the mining machinery remind me of a book I obsessed over as a child. Pick it up if you have kids. Written by L. Sprauge De Camp too, whose was a prolific writer like Asimov. https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/man-and-power-the-story-of-power-from-the-pyramids-to-the-atomic-age-a-deluxe-golden-book/8398952/item/12876051/ https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/man-and-power-the-story-of-pow... Lawrence, KS had a mechanical transmission shaft running from the river front, down town for industrial power transmission. Of course replaced by generators at the same location. Excellent tour of the power plant if you are in the area.