Steam Locomotive (Druva)

Steam locomotives were designed to operate threshing machines. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, steam-powered locomotives replaced the horse-powered threshing machines, they were fired with firewood and powered by water vapor. During the threshing, the locomotives were transported from farmyard to farmyard together with the threshing machines, inviting the neighbors to help. With common banquet tables and songs, they became important events in public life.

The specific locomotive was manufactured at the beginning of the 20th century in the factory  ‘Ruston, Proctor & CO” in Lincoln, England. The locomotive was delivered to Druva collective farm in 1980. It was brought from the village of Varieba in Vāne Parish, Tukums District and installed by the mechanical workshops. Even then, this locomotive was defined as a tourist attraction and used to promote work traditions.

At the beginning of the harvesting season, the locomotive was started and the harvesters of the collective farm “Druva” went to the fields. On 10 September 2016, the flag of the European Culture Heritage Days was raised next to this locomotive.
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