Rainier Brownfield, 5, at the tractor pull during the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter)
A hot weekend didn’t keep the crowds away from steam engines or the blacksmith shop at Powerland Heritage Park.
The 53rd Great Oregon Steam-Up returned over the weekend and continues Friday, Aug. 5, and Saturday, Aug. 6, at Powerland Heritage Park, at 3995 Brooklake Rd. N.E.
The all-ages event includes demonstrations of blacksmithing, logging and other crafts, along with a parade of heavy equipment.
Tickets are $17 for adults, $12 for students and free for kids 12 and younger. The August dates will be free for veterans in uniform or with military I.D. Parking is $5.
A Union gas engine at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) Abel Armstrong, 6, gets his youth passport stamped at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) Bob Biswell with Oscar, a 21-year-old parrot who is enjoying his 21st Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) Riders on the Willow Creek Railroad at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) Rayburn Thornton, 11, at the tractor pull during the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter)Enjoying a break at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter)
Jack Caroll, 3, enjoying his third birthday at the tractor pull during the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) The blacksmith shop at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) Marshall Smith, 9, splitting wood with his dad’s assistance at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) The swap meet at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) Sisters Adalyn, 3, and Hadley, 5, selling and enjoying lemonade at their stand at the swap meet during the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) Gerald Schull of Edenville, Washington, working on his 1913 Stickney engine at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) A Russell tractor at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) The blacksmith shop at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter) Phil Lazarotta, left, sharing stories of his 1928 Peerless tractor at the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Powerland Heritage Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023 (Eric Schuman/Special to Salem Reporter)
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