#RealRuralLife -detail of Steam Ploughing taken at Blakesley Show - TopicsExpress



          

#RealRuralLife -detail of Steam Ploughing taken at Blakesley Show yesterday. To keep the heavy machines off the land they use a cable to pull the implements between two steam engines in a system perfected by John Fowler in the late 19th centuary. The nearest engine is special. It is a big Fowler Z7 and was rescued with five others from the Senna sugar estates in Mozambique in the early 1970s. When I was a boy one of these Z7 engines caused a stir when it was presented for the first time in my village at our steam fair. Now its my childrens turn to connect with the past.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 09:21:25 +0000

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