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CANAL DAYS 1985

By James D. Jones

200 S. Spruce St., Centerville, IN 47330

Mike Bond, left, and Charles Hall, right, check out the Ross feed cutter used to shred corn fodder at the 1985 Canal Days show.

The model steam engine built by Mike Bond and operated on compressed air. The size can be judged by the concrete block the engine is resting on.

Canal Days at Cambridge City, Indiana, were held on September 7 and 8, 1985, one of the hottest September weekends we have experienced in several years. Temperatures were in the low 90's on Saturday when the annual engine, tractor and antique machinery exhibit was held. This show, organized and managed by Charles and Eddie Hall of Cambridge City, has grown a bit larger each year since beginning two years ago.

This third year we were given access to a vacant lot in downtown Cambridge Ci...

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