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The Musical and Agricultural Heritage of Eric Campbell
Location: Farm of Eric and Evelyn Campbell

 
A view of the Steam-Powered Threshing Bee from the loft of the Campbells' barn
55 of 102 		After the day's threshing, engineer Keith Miller takes the kids for a steam-pwered wagon ride
56 of 102 		After the threshing, musicians would play into the evening
57 of 102 		the steam-powered threshing bee, from engine through feeding, to bagging the oats
58 of 102 		Thresher view - this shows the complex of wheels, cogs and pulleys which drive the mill
59 of 102 		Arnold Febig prepares the Sawyer-Massey portable for an afternoon's sawing
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Start up to saw - the Sawyer-Massey engine is ready to power the sawmill
61 of 102 		The sawmill, homemade by Eric, is powered up and sawing lumber
62 of 102 		Case maintenance; Eric fine-tunes the running of the Case engine
63 of 102 		Tapping the Maple Bush
64 of 102 		One of the Threshing Bee attendees brought this miniature traction engine, built by his father
65 of 102 		The maple sap is coming to a rapid boil; syrup is not far off...
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Eric explains the flow of the boiler pan, from sap to syrup
67 of 102 		Evelyn wields the metal detector, to check for hidden spikes in the logs
68 of 102 		A log is fed through the mill, and sawn to lumber
69 of 102 		Alvin Wills, a machinist from California, swaps mechanic's tips with Eric
70 of 102 		After a day's threshing, the crew relaxes and poses for photos
71 of 102 		Arnold Febig tends the Sawyer-Massey engine as it powers the sawmill
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