{"id":120684,"date":"2025-07-25T12:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=120684"},"modified":"2025-07-29T23:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:02:25","slug":"48th-annual-maumee-valley-antique-steam-and-gas-engine-show-20250814","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/07\/25\/48th-annual-maumee-valley-antique-steam-and-gas-engine-show-20250814\/","title":{"rendered":"48th Annual Maumee Valley Antique Steam and Gas Engine Show – 8\/14\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 48th Annual Maumee Valley Antique Steam and Gas Engine Show will be held from August 14, 2025 to August 17, 2025.<\/p>\n

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News release from the Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Engine Show organizers:<\/p>\n

48th Annual Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Engine Show<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Haven, Indiana (July 25, 2025) – The 48th Annual Maumee Valley Antique Steam and Gas Engine Show will be held August 14 \u2013 17, 2025 at Jefferson Township Park, 1720 S. Webster Road, New Haven, IN at the corner of Webster and Dawkins Roads. It\u2019s a fun show for the whole family. The daily admission charge of $5.00 a day or $10.00 for all four days includes entertainment and parking. Children 12 and under are free. Memberships are available at the office. Golf carts are permitted with proof of insurance for $10.00. Over-sized vehicles are $30.00. <\/p>\n

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The show opens at 9:00 a.m. and closes at dusk. We are featuring B. F. Avery, Minneapolis-Moline tractors, Moline Universal tractors, Gas Engines and Garden tractors. Other makes of tractors are also welcome. Classic cars and trucks are invited to a cruise-in from 9:00 a.m. to dusk Friday and Saturday and until 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. All exhibitors are free but must register at the office to receive a button and plaque. <\/p>\n

See the 125 HP, 15-ton Buckeye Oil Engine that came from the elevator in Grabill, IN, one of two in existence, and a stationary Chuse steam engine in operation. Visit the trading post (contact: 260-337-5136), flea market and camping (contact: 260-341-4805), a quilt show (contact: 260-580-5285) and blacksmith shop. Plowing, sawing lumber and threshing wheat with tractors and steam engines will be demonstrated. Children will enjoy a sand box, train rides and tractor driving lessons. On Saturday, there is face painting, a Kiddie Tractor Pull at 2:00 p.m., an Exotic Animal Show at 3:00 p.m. and a Magic Show at 4:00 p.m. Parades will be at 4:00 p.m. on Friday and 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. <\/p>\n

A show favorite, steamed sweet corn, will be sold Friday, Saturday and Sunday until sold out. Fish and Chicken dinners will be served Friday and Chicken dinners on Saturday. Other food vendors and ice cream are available. <\/p>\n

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Dekalb County Horsemen will give free hayrides on Friday and Saturday with horses and mules. Tractor pulls will be held Friday at 5:00 pm and on Saturday beginning at 9:00 a.m. all day until dark. Friday evening entertainment will be country music at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday, AppleJack Kloggers will perform at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and a square dance begins at 6:00 p.m. A spark show (steam engine fireworks) will be after the entertainment at dusk. Sunday admission is a free will donation at the gate. On Sunday, a church service will be held at 9:00 a.m. and a new event, a Garden Tractor Pull, will be at 11:00 a.m. <\/p>\n

More information is on the web site at maumeevalley.org<\/a>. or call President, Tony Herman (260-414-9489).<\/p>\n

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48th Annual Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Engine Show<\/p>\n