Monday, August 13, 2012
Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show
We took a little trip out to Georgetown for the 42nd annual Ohio Valley Machinery Show featuring John Deere tractors, garden tractors, gas engines and equipment.
In 1837, John Deere, blacksmith and inventor, had little more than a blacksmith shop, a piece of discarded polished steel and an idea that would help farmers, changing the face of agriculture for all time.
Deere fashioned a polished-steel plow in his Grand Detour, Illinois, blacksmith shop that let pioneer farmers cut clean furrows through sticky Midwest prairie soil.
This year Deere and Company is celebrating its 175th anniversary.
In 1837, John Deere, blacksmith and inventor, had little more than a blacksmith shop, a piece of discarded polished steel and an idea that would help farmers, changing the face of agriculture for all time.
Deere fashioned a polished-steel plow in his Grand Detour, Illinois, blacksmith shop that let pioneer farmers cut clean furrows through sticky Midwest prairie soil.
This year Deere and Company is celebrating its 175th anniversary.
There is always something interesting to see.
The steam shovel had been moved to a different location and for the first time in years, was operating.
The Buckeye Oil Engine was up and running.
Notice the rings it makes.
A 1922 Waterloo Boy.
Is this your tractor, Pete?
Where is the tent to keep it dry?
Don'cha know there is rain in the air?
All right, then. It's a girl thing.
How many pink tractors have you seen?
The sawmill was being operated by a Case steam engine.
John Deere bicycles. Or are they bicycles with the John Deere logo?
Cooking corn in the barrels with hot water from a steam engine.
Another view of the steam shovel in operation.
I did take a video, Minnesota Fred.
Each Panzer in this display is outfitted with a different attachment.
The Old Village; featuring a one room schoolhouse, a log cabin, a craft barn and a general store. A hot bath costs 25 cents; soap and towel are extra.
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