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Britsteam Britsteam, formerly known as British Steam Company, is remarkable as a business trading since 1848. During the early Eighteenth Century, an explorer called Gregory Blaxland (1788-1855) was travelling beyond the Blue Mountains of Australia into areas that were still unexplored. The township of Blaxland is still named after him. During his trips, he spent a lot of time observing the natural world and considering the physics of the phenonema he came accross. He returned with a set of scientific theories and showed them to friends at the Royal Society. Entrepreneurs took some of his ideas and applied them to the arms industry. At this stage, Her Majesty`s Government became involved and put an embargo on all knowledge and records of the experiments. Recognising the need to hide the finance and manpower required to develop this technology, the Prime Minister (John Russell) gave the go-ahead to start a new company, which would be the public face of the covert operation. This company would be involved in the development of the new steam-driven power which British industry was so desperate for. Profits from this paid for the secret departments which were developing a very different science.

The British Steam Company was born.

Lord John Russell took a close interest in the early years. It is interesting to note that he was a close confidante of Queen Victoria. There are no records to confirm any knowledge she may have had, but they did talk about all matters of State. == References ==