Photo Albums » Old Fashioned Farmer's Day

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)