FINALLY OPEN: COOLSPRING MACHINE WORKS EXHIBIT

Yes, the Machine Works building is finally open to visitors! It made its grand debut at our Fall Exposition & Swap Meet, and after waiting 44 years, I was exuberant! Chatting with visitors and running engines was delightful, and all went so well. Six engines in the Machine Works were operational at the fall show, and more will be running for the 2019 Exposition & Swap Meet, June 13-15, 2019. It was about time!

I started the building in 1974, as seen in . As the collection expanded and John Wilcox and I began working together, it became the third building on the grounds. Preceding it was the Founder’s Building, then called