John Yowler, of South Charleston, said he spent the last several years refurbishing the equipment to make it road-worthy again. A boiler produces steam to power the machine, which Yowler used Tuesday to compact the gravel lot before WA Stevens paved the area.
“I got started four years ago and got it in working order,” Yowler said of the machine.
Tuesday was the first time in decades the machine got any real work, although Yowler said he also showed off the equipment in Plain City at the Miami Valley Steam Threshers Show.
“That was the first time it had ever run we think in over 80 years,” Yowler said.
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