I'm not particularly a fan of steampunk but it's generated some interesting ideas.  I first found the genre - before it was known as such - in "The Difference Engine" by WIlliam Gibson and Bruce Sterling.  In comic books, the Luther Arkwright stories use the theme quite a lot.

As an alternative reality it's quite interesting.  Some of the concepts are sound and, when taken to their logical conclusions, can show just how different the world could have been if only a few things had changed in the Victorian era. 

Coppula eam se non posit acceptera jocularum.

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