Thursday, August 08, 2013
43rd Reunion Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show
This years show featured steam engines, Wheel Horse garden tractors
and Fairbanks Morse gas engines.
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The featured piece of equipment is the 1920 Bucyrus Steam Shovel owned by the OVAM.
The steam shovel was purchased by the club in 1974.
It was discovered in a gravel pit near Cincinnati and had been sitting unused
for more than 40 years.
After two years of work, the restored shovel was displayed.
It was the feature piece in the 1977 OVAM show.
The shovel moved to the current show ground in 1992. It operated
until the late 1990's when boiler problems took it out of service.
Another restoration project started in 2007 and the
shovel was once again operating in 2012.
The row of steam engines.
There were also smaller steam engines operating around the grounds.
A Case steam engine operating the saw mill.
Cedar logs and cedar shingles in the shingle mill.
The noon whistle.
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A fine set of Oliver tractors.
From left to right; 1550, 1555, 1600, 1650, and a 1700.
The blacksmith is working his craft.
The Underground Railroad quilt on display.
This John Deere has a winch that is used to pull logs out of the woods.
The winch lifts the front of the log high enough so that the log doesn't make a furrow
as it is pulled along.
The young man had an appreciative audience as he explained the winch.
And, of course, steam is used to cook corn on the cob.
We took a break and cooled off with hand made strawberry ice cream.
The ice cream is made with a John Deere engine - donations only.
I'm not a fan of strawberry ice cream, but this batch was very tasty!
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# posted by Martha @ 4:43 PM 
