Posted by Railroad-Surface Mining Nut on 2/8/2004, 10:08 pm 1) 40th Annual International Watch Fob Association Show & Sale 1 of 6 events Event: 40th Annual International Watch Fob Association Show & Sale Date: April 23-24, 2004 Site: Radisson Hotel 7230 Engle Rd Middleburg Heights, Ohio 44131 Phone: 440-243-4040 Sponsor: International Watch Fob Association Contact: Larry Kotkowski 3431 Frost Rd Mantua, OH 44255 Phone: 330-274-2569 (Day) 330-274-2353 (Night/Weekend) Email: lakesidesand@aol.com Website: www.watchfob.com Attendance: 300+ Profile: Hundreds of fobs & related items for sale or trade including advertising material, stick pins, buckles, toys, and more relating to the construction, farming, mining, railroad, and trucking industries. Show hours Friday 9am-4pm & 7pm-10pm. Saturday 9am-7pm Comments: The Kotkowki Family collectors & restorers of antique construction & surface mining machinery welcomes attendees to a get-together Sunday at Lakeside Sand & Gravel 3431 Frost Road, Mantua, Ohio 2 of 6 events Event: 10th annual Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park Dinner /Auction Date: May 8, 2004 Site: Hopedale VFD Social Hall Firehouse Lane (off main Street) Hopedale, Ohio Sponsor: Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park Contact: Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park PO Box 403 Cadiz, OH 43907 Phone: 740-942-2606 or 740-937-2460 Email: Info@hcrhp.org Websites: www.hcrhp.org www.nesys.org/HCEA/hceaovc.html Attendance: 100+ Profile: Tickets $15.00-Includes buffet style dinner refreshments, speaker, auction, door prizes and more. Keynote speaker: Scott Troy a archeologist since the mind 70s, a graduate in history/historic preservation at Youngstown State University, and has written papers on coal mining history. Reservations deadline May 1, 2004. Doors Open at 5pm. Dinner at 6:30pm Comments: Attended and supported by historians, farmers, preservationists, active/retired miners, railroaders, heavy equipment operators, owners and managers of construction, excavating, trucking, and mining companies producing coal, limestone, and sand & gravel. Benefits the organizations mission to preserve Ohios surface mining heritage including the Bucyrus-Erie 1950B & Marion 7200 preservation projects. 3 of 6 events Event: Spring National Pike Steam, Gas, Horse, & Construction/Surface Mining Equipment Show Date May 15-16, 2004 Site: NPSGHA Grounds (4 Miles West of Brownsville, PA or 20 Miles East oWashington, Pa on US 40 Brownsville, Pennsylvania Sponsor: NPSGHA Contact: Lou McMaster 323 Water Dam Rd-Box 6 Hickory, PA 15340 Phone: Lou McMaster 724-356-2307 or Bob Kelly 724-796-1377 Email: htf@hky.com Websites: www.nationalpike.com www.nesys.org/HCEA/Brownsville.html Attendance: 6,000+ Profile: Antique/historic shovels (including a steam shovel), dragline, clam, drill, bulldozers, cable hoes, graders, scrapers, trucks moving the earth, steam tractors, 1914 porter 060 steam locomotive, antique farm machinery, and more. 4 of 6 events Event: Annual Miners Day Reunion Date: June 5, 2004 Site: Big Brutus Mining Museum 6 Miles West of K 7 & K 102 Jct. and ¼ Mile South West Mineral, Kansas Sponsor: Big Brutus, Inc. Contact: Big Brutus, Inc staff PO Box 25 West Mineral, KS 66782 Phone: 620-827-6177 Email: bigbrutus@columbus-ks.com Website: www.bigbrutus.org Profile: Open only to miners, mining industry mechanics, managers, transportation employees that served the mines and load outs, mining company owners and staff. Spouses are welcome. Starts 1pm & includes lunch. Comments: The museum is home of the Bucyrus-Erie 1850-B Stripping Shovel Big Brutus donated by Pittsburg & Midway (P&M) Coal Company and a 1920 Page dragline used by the Wilkinson Coal Company. 5 of 6 events Event: 19th annual Historical Construction Equipment Association International Convention & Old Equipment Exposition Date: July 16-18, 2004 Site: Pioneer Steam & Gas Engine Society Grounds 16601 PA 198, West of I-79 Exit 154 (30 Miles South of Erie, PA) Saegertown, Pennsylvania Phone: 814-763-5913 Sponsor: HCEA-Pony Chapter Contact: Steve Cornelius 5447 Washington Ave Erie, PA 16509 Phone: Steve Cornelius 814-864-3614 or Dean Wack 724-452-6066 Email: steveerie15b@hotmail.com Websites: www.little-mountain.com/pioneer/ www.nesys.org/HCEA/hcea_erie.html www.hcea.net Exhibit Info: Call, email, or visit websites. Booths Available: Call, email, or visit websites for information. Attendance: 5,000-35,000 Profile: In conjunction with the 37th annual Pioneer Steam & Gas Engine Society Of Northwest Pennsylvania Show. Tons of dirt moving, ground breaking, earth shaking antique construction/surface mining equipment including horse-drawn, steam equipment, shovels, clams, draglines, backhoes, bulldozers, graders, rollers, scrapers, traction engines, farm tractors, trucks and much more. Many manufactures, names, and models of today and the past. Historical displays, watch fobs, toy & memorabilia dealer, sales literature & manual dealers covering the construction, surface mining, and dredging industries. Comments: Bucyrus-Erie machinery will be the highlight of the show. 6 of 7 enents Event: Train Fest 2004 Dates: July 30-Aug 1, 2004 Site: Dennsion Railroad Depot Museum Dennison, Ohio Website: www.trainfest2004.com Profile: Celebrating 15 years of the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum Comments: The largest celebration of railroading in 2004 7 of 7 events Event: 24th Annual National Pike Steam, Gas, Horse, & Construction/Surface Mining Equipment Show Date: August 13-15, 2004 Site: NPSGHA Grounds (4 Miles West of Brownsville, PA or 20 Miles East of Washington, PA) Brownsville, Pennsylvania Sponsor: NPSGHA Contact: Lou McMaster 323 Water Dam Rd- Box 6 Hickory, PA 15340 Phone: Lou McMaster 724-356-2307 or Bob Kelly 724-796-1377 Email: htf@hky.com Websites: www.nationalpike.com www.nesys.org/HCEA/Brownsville.html Attendance: 10,000+ Profile: Antique/historic dragline, clam, drill, bulldozers, cable hoes, graders, scrapers, trucks, 20 operating shovels (including a steam shovel) moving the earth as they was designed to do, steam tractors, 1914 Porter 060 steam locomotive, antique farm machinery and more. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ Marion 7200 Walking Dragline Preservation news!!!!! The Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park was founded in 1992 to form a preservation effort to aquire & preserve Ohio & surrounding regions surface mining heritage including the Bucyrus-Erie 1950-B stripping shovel called "The Silver Spade" when retired from service. If the organization is successful in aquiring the shovel which will be it's star attraction & land surrounding the shovel where retired the 7200 will be reassembled as a addition to the Silver Spade. James Brothers Coal Company of Magnolia, Ohio has donated a Marion 7200 walking dragline to the Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park, a surface mining museum project near Cadiz in Eastern Ohio. Reclamation of the land, where the dragline is parked, must be finished by June 2005. The dragline will be dismantled & moved to the Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park grounds located along Ohio 519, between New Athens & US Route 22. Funding to dismantle & move the dragline must be secured by October 1, 2004. The dragline will be reassembled after enough funds are raised for that phase of the project. Based on information provided, this Marion 7200 is in operating condition, for special events. Estimated cost to dismantle & move dragline based on price quotes is 23,000-50,000 dollars. For complete information & fundraising effort information visit www.hcrhp.org
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Below is information on 7 Steam/Railroad/Surface Mining History Events:
2) 10th Annual Harrison Coal & Reclamtion Historical Park Dinner-Auction
3) Spring National Pike Steam, Gas, Horse, & Construction/Surface Mining Equipment Show
4) Annual Miner's Day Reunion
5) 19th Annual Historical Construction Equipment Association International Convention & Old Equipment Exposition
6) Train Fest 2004
7) 24th Annual National Pike Steam, Gas, Horse, & Construction/Surface Mining Equipment Show
The Historcial Construction Equipment Association-Ohio Valley Chapter & the Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park are proud to accounce that a Marion 7200 Walking dragline has been donated to the Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park. Marion Power Shovel entered walking dragline market with the model 7200 walking draglines as it first of many models. Many 7200 walking draglines seen life in production of coal, sand & gravel, & some seen life in producing both minerals.
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