• Steam Engines
  • Miniature Steam, Byegones & Models
  • Vintage FarmTractors
  • Stationary Engines
  • Classic Cars, Motorcycles & Commercial Vehicles
  • Photos from 2009 Show
  • Photos from 2010 show
  • Special Feature

St. Albans Steam and Country Show 2011

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steam engine steam engine steam engine steam engine steam engine
steam engine steam engine steam engine steam engine steam engine
The 2012 St. Albans Steam and Country Show will be held on 9th & 10th June
at Oaklands College (Smallford Campus), St. Albans. www.multimap.co.uk
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Photos from previous years
    steam engine    

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St. Albans Steam and Country Show 2011

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miniature miniature miniature horse display
miniature miniature miniature display
threshing organ organ display
The 2012 St. Albans Steam and Country Show will be held on 9th & 10th June
at Oaklands College (Smallford Campus), St. Albans. www.multimap.co.uk
Click HERE for
Photos from previous years

St. Albans Steam and Country Show 2011

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tractor tractor tractor
tractor tractor tractor
The 2012 St. Albans Steam and Country Show will be held on 9th & 10th June
at Oaklands College (Smallford Campus), St. Albans. www.multimap.co.uk
Click HERE for
Photos from previous years

St. Albans Steam and Country Show 2011

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stationary stationary stationary
  stationary  
The 2012 St. Albans Steam and Country Show will be held on 9th & 10th June
at Oaklands College (Smallford Campus), St. Albans. www.multimap.co.uk

Click HERE for
Photos from previous years


St. Albans Steam and Country Show 2011

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commerial car commerial car
car commerial car commerial
car motorcycle motorcycle car
The 2012 St. Albans Steam and Country Show will be held on 9th & 10th June
at Oaklands College (Smallford Campus), St. Albans. www.multimap.co.uk
Click HERE for
Photos from previous years

Photos taken from the 2009 show

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showman engine traction engine steam wagon traction engine
steam roller traction engine miniature line of steam engines
tractor tractors car fire engine
threshing saw bench car line of stationary engines
The 2012 St. Albans Steam and Country Show will be held on 9th & 10th June
at Oaklands College (Smallford Campus), St. Albans. www.multimap.co.uk
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Photos from 2011 show

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Photos taken from the 2010 show

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Showman engine Steam Wagon Traction Engine Miniature engine
Miniature engine Miniature engine steam engine line tractor
tractor Commerical Commerical Commerical
Car Car Car Motorbike
Motorbike Stationary engine Stationary engine horse and cart
Bike Organ display Picture of an owl Motorbike
Road making display
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Photos from 2011 show
Threshing
The 2012 St. Albans Steam and Country Show will be held on 9th & 10th June
at Oaklands College (Smallford Campus), St. Albans. www.multimap.co.uk

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Special Feature

Visit to the Museum of St. Albans by the Corporation's 1913 Aveling & Porter steam roller.

St. Albans Steam Roller
The roller today, still proudly displaying it’s original owners plate.
 
St Albans Steam Roller
This photo, dating from about 1920, shows the roller at work in St. Albans.

Sold by St. Albans Corporation in 1958 for £25.00, their surviving 1913 10 ton Aveling & Porter steam road roller Royalty number 8064, made a return to the City on Tuesday 26th May 2009. This was part of the lead up to the following weekend’s (May 30/31st) Steam and Country Show at Oaklands (Smallford site) organised by Herts Steam Club Ltd.

 

The roller visited the Museum of St. Albans, Hatfield Road (http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/Sites/Museum-of-St-Albans) car park from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm, then travelled along St. Peter’s Street and Victoria Street, pausing briefly for photographs at 96, Victoria Street (which was the Corporation yard where the roller was based until 1930) and then the Grimston Road depot adjacent to the City railway station (the surviving building, now offices, were previously the prison prior to being taken over by the City and adapted as their new depot in 1930).
The City Engineer and Surveyor was responsible for the purchase of the roller in 1913, all the original details of the roller survive at the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies resources in Hertford .


St. Albans Corporation and their steam rollers

 St. Albans purchased their first steam roller from Aveling & Porter in 1892, at a time when the City was growing rapidly following the opening of the Midland main line in 1868. Their third roller (also by Aveling & Porter) dates from 1913 and remained with the Corporation until 1958, when it was sold for £25. It has remained in preservation and has been restored to its original condition.