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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 4407033, member: 5066&quot;]Of course, once you get to the 1840s-1850 in the USA, steam power came in and that was THAT! Furniture built by hand became a thing of the past as it simply could not compete with steam-powered machines. </p><p>Even in rural settings where one would think the old ways would continue, they did not. Railroads had an explosion of tracks/rails laid and if in the furniture building biz you did not equip your shop with steam you were soon out of business.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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