2” of miniature machine length equals one foot of full size length. where the inch number refers to the scale relative to a foot, i.e.
The sizes of these toys are denoted in inches: 3”, 4”, 6”, etc. I didn’t count them, but 54 different miniatures were registered for the event with three of them being non-steam driven. There were several dozen of these things and they came in all shapes and sizes. Actually, the keg in that picture is the water supply for the boiler but what if it were a keg?! Party on! I’m talking about these puppies:Ĭan you believe that? Miniature, Steam, Engines! Waaaaaaaaaa! Imagine arriving at a party like that hauling a keg of beer behind you.
Steam last man sitting generator#
Once everything was completed, the generator would power lights and various electric motors on the rides.īut while these engines blew me away, they didn’t elicit the kind of gotta-have-it reaction in me that I got from these next babies, partially because these gigantic machines are seriously expensive and require a flatbed truck to haul around. Highly decorated with a canopy bearing the name of the carnival owner or company, they included a generator mounted on the front and a winch on the back that would be installed when arriving at the next town to help pull rides into place and put them together. These were much fancier and were meant to attract attention as much as be functional. They were also made for fairs and carnivals and would travel between towns pulling several cars containing animals, rides, merry-go-rounds, and other attractions. Some were early road going trucks:Įver wonder why they call them steamrollers? They came in all shapes and sizes and not all were used for farming. Here’s a good example of how that worked: They would often work in pairs on opposite sides of a field by pulling a plow back and forth on a wire between them. These truly massive steam vehicles were common on farms 100-120 years ago and would travel from farm to farm doing various jobs since they were too big and expensive for every farmer to own one. The show features dozens of vintage tractors, old cars and bikes, fire engines, and commercial vehicles but the stars of the show are the traction engines. If you’ve never seen a big bird come down out of the sky at well over 100 mph and swoop down 3 feet off the ground to grab a target then you need to see a falconry display. The Hunton Steam Gathering is a two-day festival of vintage farming equipment, antique cars, motorcycles, as well as a display of falconry.
My fellow Autopians, Have you ever seen something and instantly known from the very bottom of your soul, from the depths of your very essence, that you absolutely, positively, without question, had to have it? Well, that happened to me a few weeks ago when I attended the Hunton Steam Gathering in Hunton, England.
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