Photo Albums » Old Fashioned Farmer's Day
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The following album is from our family's 2006 outing to Old Fashioned Farmer's Day in Silk Hope, NC. An album for our 2007 outing is also available.

Giant steam engine piston (link to larger image)
Giant steam engine governor (link to larger image)
The giant steam engine in action (link to larger image)
Antique wood-working machine (link to larger image)
Smoke stack on the steam engine boiler (link to larger image)
Control panel for an antique electric generator (link to larger image)
Antique electric generator (link to larger image)
Steam engine and generator linkages (link to larger image)
Looking behind the generator's flywheel (link to larger image)
Electric generator flywheel spinning (link to larger image)
Antique electric generator control panel, after powering up (link to larger image)
Ominous saw blade (link to larger image)
Magnificent John Deer (link to larger image)
A pair of hit and miss engines (link to larger image)
One view of the fair grounds (link to larger image)
A second view of the fair grounds, showing all of the vendors (link to larger image)
Mule pressing sugar cane to make molasses (link to larger image)
Miscellaneous machinery components (link to larger image)
Saw mill in action, tearing up a tree trunk (link to larger image)
Smaller steam engine powering the saw mill (link to larger image)
Lumber coming out the end of the saw mill (link to larger image)
Steam rising through the trees, catching light from the noon-day sun (link to larger image)
Another view of the saw mill (link to larger image)
Stack of finished lumber sitting outside the saw mill (link to larger image)
Cotton gin and bale weighing device (link to larger image)
Rows of tractors on display (link to larger image)
Dad standing next to a gigantic tractor (link to larger image)
Grove tractor for use in orchards (link to larger image)
Black muscle car on display (link to larger image)
Turquoise classic car (and white-wall tires) on display (link to larger image)
The old barn, where square dancing is held (link to larger image)
Craftsman milling some tongue and groove joints (link to larger image)
Many wheels and knobs on the back of a steam engine (link to larger image)
Working scale model of a hit and miss engine (link to larger image)
Wheat threshing machine hard at work (link to larger image)
Spider web in an old barn (link to larger image)
Rock crushing device being demonstrated (link to larger image)