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Steam power returns to spotlight at Power Progress Show
The seventh annual Power Progress Show drew crowds to Perry County fairgrounds Pinckneyville highlighting steam powered tractors once common in rural America. Sponsored by the American Thresherman's Association the four day event contrasted past and present farming as crews of 25 were once needed to harvest with steam engines while today one farmer runs a modern combine.
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