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    The Great Dorset Steam Fair (abbreviated GDSF, and since 2010 also known as The National Heritage Show) is an annual show featuring steam-powered vehicles...
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    Steamroller (redirect from Steam-roller)
    television programmes. It may still be seen at steam rallies in Britain and was in steam at the Great Dorset Steam Fair in 2011. In the Japanese manga and anime...
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  • January 1962. p. 4. 37th Great Dorset Steam Fair, 2005 – Official Programme. Ian Allan. August 2005. p. 12. 38th Great Dorset Steam Fair, 2006 – Official Programme...
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  • A steam fair or (steam rally) is a regular organised gathering of historic steam-powered vehicles and machinery, open to the public. Typical exhibits include:...
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    Traction engine (redirect from Steam plough)
    thousand examples have been preserved worldwide, many in working order. Steam fairs are held throughout the year in the United Kingdom and in other countries...
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  • "Flying Scotsman Steams into Derbyshire!". aboutderbyshire.co.uk. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2011. 37th Great Dorset Steam Fair, 2005 – Official...
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    hornsby–akroyd oil engine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Richard Hornsby oil engine Running Hornsby-Akroyd-Motor (1905) (Great Dorset Steam Fair, 2005)...
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  • the Dorset Knob, a hard biscuit, and Dorset Blue Vinney cheese. The county hosts many annual events and fairs including the Great Dorset Steam Fair near...
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  • ran in October 2000 and was first exhibited publicly at the 2001 Great Dorset Steam Fair. It has since been exhibited - and ridden - at other rallies, including...
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    Ska Festival at the Clapham Grand music venue. They played the Great Dorset Steam Fair show 2011 on 31 August 2011. At this point, both the UK and US...
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    Stourpaine (category Villages in Dorset)
    households and a population of 617. It was the original site of the Great Dorset Steam Fair, which has been held at nearby Tarrant Hinton in more recent years...
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    church, one of the smallest. Dorset hosts a number of annual festivals, fairs and events including the Great Dorset Steam Fair near Blandford, one of the...
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    Tarrant Hinton (category Villages in Dorset)
    Salisbury. Tarrant Hinton is well known as the location of the Great Dorset Steam Fair, which is annually visited by some 200,000 people. There is a local...
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    engine was invented, its great attractions were its efficiency, simplicity, and ease of operation in comparison to the steam engine, which was then the...
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    chal, where chal is Angloromani for "fellow". Nearly all Romanichal in Great Britain live in England, with smaller communities in South Wales, Northeast...
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    Hornsby Tractor Scale model Hornsby Tractor at Stapleford Steam 2008 in Leicestershire 1905 Hornsby-Akroyd engine at the Great Dorset Steam Fair in 2005...
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    operation at live steam festivals and traction engine rallies such as the Great Dorset Steam Fair in England, and the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion...
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    Sabre Sabre at Great Dorset Steam Fair Type Reconnaissance vehicle Place of origin United Kingdom Service history In service 1995−2004 Used by United...
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    vehicles within the commercial vehicles section at the annual Great Dorset Steam Fair. The restoration of a Scarab to working order was the subject of...
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    Pratchett's hard drive to be crushed under a steamroller at the Great Dorset Steam Fair. According to Wilkins, Pratchett left "an awful lot" of unfinished...
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    Showman's road locomotive (category Steam road vehicles)
    impact. Prior to the introduction of the showman’s engine some fairs used lightweight steam engines with generators mounted in them to provide power for...
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    forerunner of today's steam and vintage rallies in England, such as the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom...
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  • List of traction engine manufacturers (category Steam road vehicle manufacturers)
    Purpose Engines". The Fifty-Second Great Dorset Steam Fair 2022 Official Programme. The Great DorSet Steam Fair Ltd. pp. 64–65. Frederick Savage, Victorian...
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    seen at events, demonstrating moving outsize loads along with the earlier steam tractors [citation needed]. The National Freight Consortium, as it was subsequently...
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  • circus ever to perform in Russia. They annually perform at The Great Dorset Steam Fair and Shocktober Fest, and tour theatres across the UK. Regular performers...
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    Engine Company US Wärtsilä Witte Engine Works Many steam rallies, like the Great Dorset Steam Fair, include an exhibit section for internal combustion...
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    Ruston-Bucyrus No4 face shovel of 1931 at Great Dorset Steam Fair 2018...
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    forerunner of today's steam and vintage rallies in England, such as the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Historic England. "Shottesbrooke Park (Grade II*) (1117448)"....
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    The Scarborough Fair Collection is a museum of fairground mechanical organs and showman's engines, located in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, one of the...
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    Blandford Forum (category Towns in Dorset)
    and a fun fair on the meadows along the banks of the River Stour. The town also hosts an annual carnival and the Great Dorset Steam Fair is held at nearby...
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