It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image goes back to Mankato Kansas once again where we took our Iroquois Steam Roller. In this image the hubster was rolling around the area where we were demonstrating how it worked. It was built somewhere between 1910 and 1915 in Buffalo NY. It is steered by turning that wheel on the side which moves the back wheel.
There is another short video of the roller located HERE. It's a video of it participating in the parade on Saturday the 20th.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Last weekend we took our Steam Roller to it's first show while we have owned it, in Mankato Kansas. We took it through the parade on Saturday and Sunday and rolled it around both days so people could see how it works. The gearing on it is very similar to a Shay type locomotive. It seemed to be a big hit so it was a successful weekend. It is an Iroquois Road Roller 5 Ton built somewhere between 1910 and 1915 in Buffalo NY that was being used in Iowa and has now made it's way to Kansas. This image shows it as we were first steaming it up on Friday afternoon to do some practicing with it.
You can view a video of it in operation HERE if you like.
