Vintage farm implements like this one will be on display at the 46th annual Maumee Valley Antique Steam and Gas Engine Show Aug. 17-20 in New Haven. Photo provided.

News Release

NEW HAVEN — The 46th Annual Maumee Valley Antique Steam and Gas Engine Show will be held Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 17-20, in Jefferson Township Park, 1720 S. Webster Road, New Haven.

This year, featured machines will be International Harvester tractors, gas engines and garden tractors, with a special feature of the Scout, built in Fort Wayne. New this year is a cruise-in of pre-1974 car and trucks from 9 a.m. to dusk Friday and Saturday, Aug. 18-19. Other brands of gas engine and tractors are also welcome.

Visitors will be able to see the 125 HP, 15-ton Buckeye oil engine with a 19-inch piston that came from Grabill, one of two in existence still running. A stationary Chews steam engine will also be in operation. Visit the trading post, flea market, quilt show and blacksmith shop. Plowing, sawing lumber and threshing wheat with tractors and steam engines will be demonstrated. Children can enjoy a sand box, barrel train rides, tractor driving lessons and special activities Saturday, Aug. 19, including a kiddie tractor pull at 2 p.m. and an exotic animal show at 3 p.m., with a magic show after the parade.

A show favorite, steamed sweet corn, will be sold. Fish and chicken dinners will be served Friday, Aug. 18, and chicken dinners on Saturday, Aug. 19. Other food vendors and homemade ice cream are available.

Dekalb County Horsemen will give free hayrides on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 18-19, with horses and mules. Tractor pulls will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, and 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19.

Entertainment the evening of Friday, Aug. 18, will be country music at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday, Aug. 19, a square dance begins at 6 p.m. A spark show (steam engine fireworks) will be after the entertainment about 9:30 p.m.

All exhibitors are free but must register at the office to receive a button and plaque.

Daily admission is $5 or $10 for all four days. Children 12 and younger may enter for free. The show opens at 9 a.m. and closes at dusk. Golf carts are welcome with proof of insurance.

Memberships are available. More information at maumeevalley.org.