2013 HCEA International Convention & Old Equipment Exposition

Bring your historic equipment and have some fun, because we have a lot of digging, dozing, grading, loading, shoveling, hauling and scraping work to do. Come watch and participate in the 28th Annual Convention of the Historical Construction Equipment Association!

Aug 16th, 2013Aug 18th, 2013
19800 West Arsenal Road
Wilmington, IL
http://www.hcea.net
en:(419) 352-5616
Hcea Old Equipment Show

The show features demonstrations and displays of horse-drawn, steam, gas and diesel-powered antique construction machinery, cable and hydraulic shovels and cranes, hit and miss engines, antique trucks and tractors, and more. The Center is home to a pair of fully restored and operable Erie B steam excavators – a shovel and a crane. These will be the featured machines for the show.

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