[StarOfTheWest]

Wow! What an experience!
Steam power can be quite deadly.

A lot of NYC modern skyscrapers are still heated from a central city steam boiler system that runs at 3200psi, although it gets stepped down in stages before it is used in the buildings.
Every once in a while though, a major full pressure steam line blows out under the streets there, and it is impressively catastrophic.

The old steam locomotives were horribly dangerous as well, due to potential explosions.

Sounds like you had tons of fun, but narrowly escaped some possibly very bad injuries or scalding.

Much like our manned space program, the steam pioneers were very courageous, and risked dreadful deaths to bring progress to humanity.