Scenes from 2007 Steam Threshing Days at Heritage Park of North Iowa

 

 

The grain threshers are ready.

The engines are ready.

Threshing with 6 grain threshers concurrently. Matched by engine and thresher:

1. 22 Wood Bros Steamer

30” Wood Bros Separator

2. 18 Greyhound Steamer

32” Greyhound Separator

3. 28 Minneapolis Steamer

36” Minneapolis Separator

4. 20 Minneapolis Steamer

28” Minneapolis Separator

5. 50 Case Steamer

36” Case Separator

6. 12-25 Avery gas Tractor

28” Avery Separator

110 Case pulling 16 bottom plow.

Shelling corn with 22 Minneapolis Steamer pulling a MM corn Sheller.

22 Return Flue Minneapolis steamer pulling an Advance Rumely Corn Shredder.

The sawmill operating with both 44” matched blades cutting. Pulling the saw was a 26 Double Minneapolis Steamer.

The Saturday night barn dance

More fun from the hay mow of the barn on Saturday night.

Bird’s eye view

Steaming the bologna and sweet corn for the Saturday night feed.

Ready for eating.

Milling Corn

Horse Plowing

Tractor Plowing

Inside the Fire Station

Sorghum Pressing

The monument to old iron. It grows each year. When will it reach the Heritage Park weather vane which consists of a Fordson tractor with mounted Nichols & Shepard picker?

Handy work of the Heritage Park Blacksmith.

The entertainment pavilion.

Engineers and engines getting ready for the Parade of Power.

The parade is underway.

Tractors on display. That’s Beaver Creek Church in the background as well as the Fire Station.

A look inside Beaver Creek Church. Services are held during each show and at Christmas time.

Norwegian Stabur and totem pole.

Couple of the log cabins at the park. There are some 40 buildings at the park now. Each building with it’s own unique character.

Some of the steam engines used at the show. 12 production steams were exhibited at this year’s show. 5 scale model engines were at the show. Steam is used to power most of the equipment with the shingle saw being the only exception.

18 Huber which didn’t quit get done in time for the show. As you can see, it will be a show piece when it is completed for next year’s show.

20 Minneapolis Steamer # 8701. Built in 1924 it is the 7th from the last one manufactured.

More steamer waiting their turn to power the machinery.

26 Minneapolis. One of just a few double cylinder Minneapolis engine left.

The biggest steamer at the show was this 110 Case.

The smallest was this quarter scale Case with lots of engines in between.

 

 

 

 

More photos will be posted later.