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Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)
Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)

Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)

Date8/27/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine; steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. The Uxbridge Scott Historical Society recalled those days with its seventh annual Steam Threshing Days at Uxbridge. The venerable steam tractors; antique cars and trucks; Indian crafts and other displays attracted of people to the town's fairgrounds. Harold Archdekin is giving children a free ride on his home-made steam tractor.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0006128F
      Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
      Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
      Irish, Paul
      8/4/1989
      A Mall? The old CP roundhouse, at the foot of the CN Tower, where steam engines were repaired in the railway's heyday, would do well as museum of shop(...)
      A Mall? The old CP roundhouse, at the foot of the CN Tower, where steam engines were repaired in the railway's heyday, would do well as museum of shop(...)
      Canadian Pacific Railway Company
      12/8/1992
      Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.
      Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.
      Irish, Paul
      8/16/1989
      Chugging into Toronto, steam engine Number 2860 heads down the Don Valley near the foot of the Bayview extension for a two-day visit to Metro. The mas(...)
      Chugging into Toronto, steam engine Number 2860 heads down the Don Valley near the foot of the Bayview extension for a two-day visit to Metro. The mas(...)
      Mahler, John
      4/12/1978
      Steam locomotive outside of Canadian Pacific Railway's John Street roundhouse, Toronto, Ont.
      Steam locomotive outside of Canadian Pacific Railway's John Street roundhouse, Toronto, Ont.
      Canadian Pacific Railway Company
      1960 circa
      A head of steam at Uxbridge. The Uxbridge-Scott Historical Society held its sixth annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill Museum Grounds on Sat(...)
      A head of steam at Uxbridge. The Uxbridge-Scott Historical Society held its sixth annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill Museum Grounds on Sat(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      8/28/1977
      A farm festival: Sherwood Hume drives a 1913 Sawyer-Massey Steam traction engine
      A farm festival: Sherwood Hume drives a 1913 Sawyer-Massey Steam traction engine
      Dexter, Brian
      8/9/1981
      The new gift book for youth : being interesting sketches & pictures concerning the Arctic regions, icebergs, the oak struck by lightning, the roots of the banian tree, the nest of the wild bee, the heavens, the moon, the seasons, peeps through the microscope, human blood and hair, diamond washing, the rise of the Thames, earthquake at Lisbon, bears and bear hunting, lion and tiger fight, tiger hunting, stags fighting, ascent of the Wetterhorn, crossing the Andes, glances at China, ancient punishments, walrus hunting, London past and present, railway and the steam engine, ancient map of the world
      The new gift book for youth : being interesting sketches & pictures concerning the Arctic regions, icebergs, the oak struck by lightning, the roots of the banian tree, the nest of the wild bee, the heavens, the moon, the seasons, peeps through the microscope, human blood and hair, diamond washing, the rise of the Thames, earthquake at Lisbon, bears and bear hunting, lion and tiger fight, tiger hunting, stags fighting, ascent of the Wetterhorn, crossing the Andes, glances at China, ancient punishments, walrus hunting, London past and present, railway and the steam engine, ancient map of the world
      R. Yorke Clarke and Co.
      1848
      Toronto & Nipissing Railway, steam engine 'Shedden'
      Toronto & Nipissing Railway, steam engine 'Shedden'
      Toronto & Nipissing Railway
      1870 circa
      Grand Trunk Railway, steam engine 'Trevithic', no
      Grand Trunk Railway, steam engine 'Trevithic', no
      Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
      1860 circa
      Canadian Pacific Railway, steam engine 'Countess of Dufferin', no
      Canadian Pacific Railway, steam engine 'Countess of Dufferin', no
      Canadian Pacific Railway Company
      1877?
      Hobbyist Art Ellis stokes up his steam engine to take kids for a ride into the past at model railway show
      Hobbyist Art Ellis stokes up his steam engine to take kids for a ride into the past at model railway show
      Brazao, Dale
      2/17/1979