The Lentz Steam Engine’s 20,000 pound flywheel is lifted from its perch and placed on a truck on Wednesday at Stout-Knapp Park in Rice Lake en route to Hungry Hollow Steam and Gas Engine Club show grounds, north of Barron.

Volunteers line up to take their bows after placing steam engine at the Hungry Hollow show grounds on Wednesday.

The Lentz Steam Engine’s 20,000 pound flywheel is lifted from its perch and placed on a truck on Wednesday at Stout-Knapp Park in Rice Lake en route to Hungry Hollow Steam and Gas Engine Club show grounds, north of Barron.

Volunteers line up to take their bows after placing steam engine at the Hungry Hollow show grounds on Wednesday.

The Lentz Steam Engine departed its station at Stout-Knapp Park in Rice Lake on Wednesday, bound for its final destination at the Hungry Hollow Steam and Gas Engine Club show grounds.

The 1925 engine, which powered the American Excelsior plant in Rice Lake from 1946 to 1976, had resided next to the dam since the 1990s after being restored by several local steam engine enthusiasts.

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