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Greenbrier Valley Engine Show

By Mrs. R. E. White

Box 356, Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901

On July 22, 1978, the Williamsburg Fire Company sponsored their annual steam and gas engine show and steam threshing demonstration, held this year at the Mountaineer Farm in Williamsburg, West Virginia.

The show got underway at 10:00 A.M. with the cranking of "Doc" Graffam's 10 HP Bessemer engine followed by the starting of all the other engines down to the smallest a Nelson Brothers which was owned by Fred Crews of Arborvale. The favorite engine of many of the old timer spectators at the show was a restored 7½ HP Galloway owned by Dave Whitt. Several could easily recall this engine's working days from the time it was shipped to this area in 1912. Robert, Landon, and Everette Berkley had several good running engines on display including a nice flutedhopper Aeromotor. The most novel eng...

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