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

 
The spent steam exhausts into the smoke box, pushing the smoke up the stack
91 of 102 		A new gear had to be cast for the traction engine; in the foreground, the old worn gear
92 of 102 		The lumberman takes the boards off the carriage and piles them onto the waiting wagon
93 of 102 		Eric tells of the history of the traction engine; he can trace it back 100 years
94 of 102 		the thickness gauge tells the sawyer how much the saw is set to cut off
95 of 102 		The saw slices off another slab, bringing the log closer to square.
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After one side is flattened, the log must be flipped, set, and flattened again.
97 of 102 		For each cut, the sawyer ratchets the carriage over to set the thickness of cut
98 of 102 		A view of the wheels and cogs that run the thresher
99 of 102 		Arnold Febig and the Case engine
100 of 102 		Eric talks with the engineer at the Steam-Powered Threshing Bee
101 of 102 		Steam Threshing regulars manning the bagger of the Favorite thresher
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