Athens County Antique Machinery Show

Richard Arnold of Marietta, Ohio, blows the whistle on the miniature steam-powered tractor that he built from scratch for his son, Bill. The project took him two years.

Harold Keller of Glouster, Ohio, shows off his 1934 Superior diesel drilling engine. Made in Springfield, Ohio, the engine was purchased new by Harold’s great uncle Jake and has been in the family business ever since.

This ancient machine (with its novel radiator that drips the heated water over a metal screen for cooling before pumping it back into the engine) has powered a grist mill for more than a century.

Buckwheat flour emerges from the grinding burr stones in the grist mill.

The sawdust flies as Lancaster’s Tim Luft demonstrates his 1892 Vicks Brothers sawmill, which is powered by a belt coming from a 1916 steam tractor.

Three-year-old Avery Hart of Athens, Ohio, busied herself collecting sawdust on a newly sawn board. Her parents said they brought her because they wanted her to learn about the industry that built the area into what it is today.

Books for sale are displayed in a box once involved in the area's coal mining past.