North Central Steam & Gas Engine Club of Edgar, Wisconsin Presents Annual Show

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Sarah Kleinstick
June/July 1990
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It was interesting watching the people watching the work being done. There were folks with video cameras, regular cameras, sound recorders. One of the steamers suddenly made a terrible clunking sound and quit working. People came from all around to see what the trouble was. Some just watched, some made 'helpful' suggestions on cause and cure, some talked and compared this with modern machinery problems. It was neat how even a breakdown was of interest to everyone there.

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The oldest steam engine that we found was a Minneapolis 22 HP made in 1913. It was brought to the show by Steve Mole, Connorsville. His grandfather had worked with it when it was new and it has been in Steve's family since his grandfather bought it from its first owner. It was beautifully restored with bright red wheels and yellow trim. Some of the mechanical parts on the top were green with the embossed parts highlighted in gold.

We got a kick out of seeing the smaller items at the show as well: the Maytag washer with a butter churn attachment, a scale model sawmill built in 1945 by Norman Franck of Minoqua, a 2 inch scale Phoenix Steam Hauler logging engine built by Dan Kiekhaffer of Colfax, model carousels, pumps and ferris wheels run by hot air compression motors and made by retired carpenter Russel Bryan of Baraboo. We liked the McCormick Deering Type M 3 HP gasoline/kerosene engine from 1936 with the quirky habit of blowing perfect smoke rings, and the collections of toy tractors. One display of toy John Deere tractors had examples ranging from the Waterloo Boy Model R, 1915-1919 through the 5020 model of 1965-72. You could see the development in farm machinery happening right there before you. The display was presented by Bill Proft, Waukonda, and Russ Buss, Athens.

A permanent fixture at the farm is a display of household objects, cooking utensils, plates and fancy dishes, dolls and other toys, old magazines and books.

Sandi Coyle brought her scaled down version of a cook shanty. It is a faithful reproduction of the building used by the wife of the threshing foreman for her job of feeding the threshing crews.

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