South Croxton Working Weekend August 2006

The cable plough had been borrowed from a Nottingham museum for the weekend A signal is given for the far engine to start winding the plough in As the cable tightens, the crew pull the plough down into the furrow and hop on The plough is steered along the furrow by the plough operator

The second engine being used was built in 1871 Collecting a tool from the box on the front of the engine to remove a stone from the plough This engine is owned by Beeby Bros, who at one time owned 11 sets of ploughing engines

When working out of sight of each other (in fog or over a hill) the engines used whistles to signal each other A big advantage of cable ploughing is that the only compacting of the ground is up the sides of the field Being a lot smaller than the engine at the other end of the field, this one was working hard to pull the plough along

A pair of steam engines and a plough like this can plough a field as fast as a modern tractor

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Andy ploughing with his newly restored International Harvester B275 for the first time 1871 steam engine working hard to pull the plough in across the field Plough coming to the end of a furrow Plough being drawn in to the steam engine.
A normal crew for steam ploughing was 6 - an operator for each steamer, 2 men on the plough, a foreman and a boy.

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The steam engine moves into position for the next furrow Starting a new furrow Plough slowing at the end of a furrow Big engine moving into position, dropping the plough into the new furrow

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The cable plough had been borrowed from a Nottingham museum for the weekend	A signal is given for the far engine to start winding the plough in	As the cable tightens, the crew pull the plough down into the furrow and hop on	The plough is steered along the furrow by the plough operator

	The second engine being used was built in 1871	Collecting a tool from the box on the front of the engine to remove a stone from the plough	This engine is owned by Beeby Bros, who at one time owned 11 sets of ploughing engines

When working out of sight of each other (in fog or over a hill) the engines used whistles to signal each other		A big advantage of cable ploughing is that the only compacting of the ground is up the sides of the field	Being a lot smaller than the engine at the other end of the field, this one was working hard to pull the plough along

A pair of steam engines and a plough like this can plough a field as fast as a modern tractor


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Andy ploughing with his newly restored International Harvester B275 for the first time	1871 steam engine working hard to pull the plough in across the field	Plough coming to the end of a furrow	Plough being drawn in to the steam engine. A normal crew for steam ploughing was 6 - an operator for each steamer, 2 men on the plough, a foreman and a boy.

5.7MB	13.8MB	11.4MB	22MB
The steam engine moves into position for the next furrow	Starting a new furrow	Plough slowing at the end of a furrow	Big engine moving into position, dropping the plough into the new furrow