Essex County Steam and Gas Museum

06/13/2026

Come see us at the Strawberry Parade!!

05/16/2026

🚜 **VENDORS WANTED** 🚜

Join us at the **Essex County Steam & Gas Engine Show**
📅 **August 14, 15 & 16, 2026**

We are currently looking for:
• Non-food vendors
• Arts & crafts vendors

✨ One-day spots available
✨ 3-day weekend packages available

For full package details:
📧 [[email protected]]
📱 contact us through our page
🤔 as always, you can also contact our special lady Brenda Allen

Come be part of a great weekend of engines, exhibits, vendors, and family fun!

04/21/2026

04/20/2026

🚜Hope everyone is enjoying the random spells of nice weather between the bad!
🚜Stay tuned over the next couple weeks for more posts from us!
👩‍🦰We have a mother's day dinner set to happen on May 9/2026
👨We'll have a father's day dinner too!!

📝As always our Annual Show is set to happen Aug14/15/16**second weekend following the civic holiday**
We'll be looking for vendors and volunteers

Also if interested feel free to reach out to any one of our members if you're interested in getting an ad in our show book!!

02/16/2026

You guys looking for something to do today?
Come give us a visit!!

10:30-2:30

02/07/2026

🎉10 years of Celebrating our Story🎉

With Family Day around the corner we just wanted to give everyone a heads up of Heritage Week! The Wonderful town of Essex has been Celebrating Heritage Week for the last 10 years!

We are hosting our annual Family Day Event
🚜Monday Feb 16 10:30am-2:30pm.
🚜Hot dogs/Chips/Coffee/Hot Chocolate.
🚜Tours and People Mover, weather permitting.
🚜Kids Colour Station

*Note* everything has been generously donated by members and sponsors so make sure to come for a drink and meal while supplies last!

⭐Don't forget to check out the Town of Essex's website for other heritage events happening throughout the whole week!⭐

01/01/2026

With 2025 coming to an end and 2026 right here we want to give a huge shout out to all our friends and family!!

12/14/2025

Some of our Members braved the cold this weekend out in Essex!!

11/09/2025

Look at all that snow! Glad we were able to get the buildings winterized.

Thanks to the members who helped out yesterday with blowing out the waterlines and making sure all the water hoppers were empty, we pulled out our own Ingersoll Rand from the museum to help us with the task.

Ingersoll Rand's history in air compressors dates to 1871 with the Ingersoll Rock Drill Company and the 1872 Rand Drill Company, which introduced the portable air compressor. The two companies merged in 1905 to form Ingersoll-Rand. Key milestones include introducing the first directly-connected, electric motor-driven compressor in 1890, entering the centrifugal compressor business in 1911, and launching the Type-30 compressor in 1929.

09/14/2025

Come for a ride on one of Meloche's Mighty Trikes!!
We are here till 4pm at the Cottam Fair:)