Oldest working machine

The oldest working machine at the park is an 1862 air-cooled Lister steam-driven milking machine that powered a single cow plant. “A farmer found it when he was having a clean-up in his cow shed that dated back to 1920s,” says Mort. It will be one of the star attractions in the park’s planned working milking shed, where dairying memorabilia and restored vintage machines demonstrating the three different pre-electronic mechanical pulsating systems will be displayed.