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Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.
Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.

Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.

Date8/16/1989
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Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
8/4/1989
A head of steam at Uxbridge. The Uxbridge-Scott Historical Society held its sixth annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill Museum Grounds on Sat(...)
A head of steam at Uxbridge. The Uxbridge-Scott Historical Society held its sixth annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill Museum Grounds on Sat(...)
8/28/1977
Still running: Wilfrid Leslie to Halton Hills gets his 1919 traction steam engine ready for the Steam Era Show in Milton this weekend
Still running: Wilfrid Leslie to Halton Hills gets his 1919 traction steam engine ready for the Steam Era Show in Milton this weekend
8/23/1982
A Mall? The old CP roundhouse, at the foot of the CN Tower, where steam engines were repaired in the railway's heyday, would do well as museum of shop(...)
A Mall? The old CP roundhouse, at the foot of the CN Tower, where steam engines were repaired in the railway's heyday, would do well as museum of shop(...)
12/8/1992
Just steaming along. More than 1,200 people turned out for the fourth annual steam show Saturday and Sunday at the Uxbridge-Scott Museum, where crafts(...)
Just steaming along. More than 1,200 people turned out for the fourth annual steam show Saturday and Sunday at the Uxbridge-Scott Museum, where crafts(...)
8/24/1975
Old but they can still cut it. The sawdust was flying during the weekend when Roy Botterill (left) cranked up this 1906 Massey-Sawyer steam engine and(...)
Old but they can still cut it. The sawdust was flying during the weekend when Roy Botterill (left) cranked up this 1906 Massey-Sawyer steam engine and(...)
4/23/1979
Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)
Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)
8/27/1978
Milton recalls the hiss and clank of steam era, Milton played host at the weekend to the 12th annual steam era preservation festival sponsored by the (...)
Milton recalls the hiss and clank of steam era, Milton played host at the weekend to the 12th annual steam era preservation festival sponsored by the (...)
9/4/1972
Curator: Allan McGillivray, of the Uxbridge-Scott Historical Society, writes about Lucy Maud Montgomery's days near Uxbridge.
Curator: Allan McGillivray, of the Uxbridge-Scott Historical Society, writes about Lucy Maud Montgomery's days near Uxbridge.
1/9/1990
Getting ready: Sam Viera uses steam to blast away dirt on the field at Exhibition Stadium yesterday as the crew makes preparatios for the Jays home opener next Monday against the Yankees
Getting ready: Sam Viera uses steam to blast away dirt on the field at Exhibition Stadium yesterday as the crew makes preparatios for the Jays home opener next Monday against the Yankees
4/4/1988
Unionville goes on a toot, Canadian National's 1880s steam engine, with its steam whistle tooting away, was so popular Saturday at the annual Unionvil(...)
Unionville goes on a toot, Canadian National's 1880s steam engine, with its steam whistle tooting away, was so popular Saturday at the annual Unionvil(...)
6/8/1975
Steamed up: Whistles on steam engine provided music to ears of city and country folk who turned up for the 11th annual steam show
Steamed up: Whistles on steam engine provided music to ears of city and country folk who turned up for the 11th annual steam show
8/30/1982