The Charlton Park Gas & Steam Engine Club hosts its 46th annual Gas & Steam Engine Show Friday, July 7 and Saturday, July 8, from 8 a.m. to dusk.
Admission to the event is $6 for those 13 and up, $4 for children 5 to12 and children 4 and under are free.
Tractors, stationary engines, steam engines, farm machinery, and the famed 1884 Westinghouse Traction Engine, thought to be one of the few left in the world, will be on display during the show. The Westinghouse is also used to steam sweet corn for event guests.
Food vendors with festival favorites, a daily swap meet and flea market, garden tractor and farm tractor pulls, tractor and steam engine games, kid’s pedal pull and tractor parades at 4 p.m. both days are planned. Bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating.
Start the day Saturday morning, with a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. hosted by club members and Barry County Commissioners.
“Charlton Park Gas & Steam Engine Club members are excited to share this event with our community,” President Daryl Cheeseman said. “There’s something for everyone July 7-8. Bring your cameras to catch all the action and be sure to enjoy a fresh ear of sweet corn, dipped in butter.”
Charlton Park is at 2545 South Charlton Park Road off M-79.
For a complete schedule, visit www.charltonpark.org, or on Facebook.
Photo: A child feeds a corn shelling machine under the watchful eye of an adult at an earlier Gas & Steam Engine Show.
