KENT, Conn.—Like nature, the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association (CAMA) is coming to life again.
Members were at the association’s campus at 31B Kent Cornwall Road Saturday, April 12, getting ready for the annual Spring Power Up, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27.Â
The event will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
CAMA is a non-profit museum dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and demonstration of antique machinery from America’s industrial and agricultural past.
CAMA is an all-volunteer organization with a focus on educating the public about early industrial and agricultural methods.
The museum currently has nine exhibition areas.
“People are coming out of hibernation and are ready to show off what they have been working on all winter,” said CAMA President Jack Hayward.Â
He said the Power Up event features a little flea market where aficionados of old machinery can swap or sell items and that all buildings will be open to display gas and steam engines, working farm equipment, a blacksmith shop, railroad and mining equipment, and a sawmill.
“We fire up the steam engines and try to run the locomotive,” he said.
No train rides will be offered for this first event, although they will be added later. The group is building a better passenger car.
Food will be available onsite.
Admission is free for exhibitors. General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and younger.
For more information, visit www.ctmachinery.org.
