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Great Dorset Steam Fair: Dorset: 1968- Grand Henham Steam Rally: Henham Park, Blythburgh, Suffolk: 1974- Haddenham Steam Rally and Heavy Horse Show [14] Haddenham, Cambridgeshire: 1974- Holcot Steam Rally & Country Fair [15] Holcot, Northamptonshire: 11th year (2008) Hollowell Steam Rally and Heavy Horse Show [16] Hollowell, Northamptonshire: 1986-
The Great Dorset Steam Fair (abbreviated GDSF, and since 2010 also known as The National Heritage Show) was an annual show featuring steam-powered vehicles and machinery held in Dorset, England. It covered 600 acres (2.4 km 2) and ran for five days. This used to be from the Wednesday after the UK August bank holiday, but from 2016 to 2022 was ...
Festivals that involve steam engines and steam-powered machinery of all kinds. Pages in category "Steam festivals" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Night-time view of showman's engines, at the Great Dorset Steam Fair, 2007 The Iron Maiden, a preserved showman's engine. A showman's road locomotive or showman's engine is a steam-powered road-going 'locomotive' designed to provide power and transport for a travelling funfair or circus.
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From 1860 to 1966, Blandford Forum was a stop on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which ran from Bath to Bournemouth, though until the bridge was built over the river Stour, opening in 1863, [48] the Dorset Central section of the line terminated at the hamlet of Blandford St. Mary. [49] Blandford Forum railway station, along with the ...
In 1964, the famous "Great Steam Fair" was held for three days at Shottesbrooke Park. This is widely considered to be the forerunner of today's steam and vintage rallies in England, such as the Great Dorset Steam Fair .
Preserved Holt 75 tractor (s/n 3580) at the Great Dorset Steam Fair, England (2008) The Holt 75 model gasoline-powered tractor was the first "standard" tractor adopted in quantity. Holt vice president Murray M. Baker reported that the tractors weighed about 18,000 pounds (8,200 kg) and had 120 horsepower (89 kW). [53]