The New England Wireless and Steam Museum

The 2010 Steam-Down

Steam-Down is a day for the museum's volunteers and friends to get together, run the engines for the last time during the year, have a nice lunch, and start the process of putting the engines to sleep for the winter.

Bob Merriam and his son-in-law Terry Jones discuss a solution to the connecting rod knock in the Fitchburg engine.

Bob Merriam starts the Fitchburg to see if the rod knock is fixed..

Bob Merriam admires the Clark and Howard Steam Engine.

Rolf Richter checks out the Steam Engine Indicator that was recently installed on the New York Safety Steam Engine.

Bob Merriam starts the Thomson-Houston generator that is powered by the Armington Sims engine.

Unless otherwise noted, all photographs courtesy of Michael Thompson.