WAPA does a lot of events throughout the year and here are photo albums from some of those events.

Rubel Castle- 2022

Friends of Steve McQueen- 2022

Fort MacArthur Show- 2022

Cal Poly Pumpkin Festival- 2019

International Harveseter LB with blower
Fairbanks Morse
Ron Haskell’s Witte mine hoist
The lads hard at work
Starting the Fairbanks Morse
Busy Bee
It’s a Pumpkin Festival!
WAPA’s Windmill
Sit down, Carey!
WAPA Member prior to lunch
Kelley and her roller mill
Lance’s magic ball machine
Happy spectators

Fort MacArthur Show- 2019

Joe Siddons and his new New Way
Three wise men working wisely
Danny Ponce and Steve Mandell
Ron Davis’ Fairbanks Morse Model T
Merle Morse’s John Smyth engine
Rob Skinner’s Richard Hornsby engine
Rescue chopper over the gun emplacement at Battery Osgood
The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company truck
General Electric engine and generator at Battery Osgood-Farley
Marble electrical control panels
Communications Bunker
Communications Officer Kelley
Battery Osgood
Battery Farley
Did anyone remember to bring ammo?

Friends of Steve McQueen- 2019

Tom Denson starting his Fuller and Johnson engine
Bob Smith trying to motivate Sexy Sadie
Kelley explaining the nuances of the vaporizing oil engine
Tom and Danny checking out Danny’s Doak engine
1970 Porsche model 917
Everybody loves planes and motorcycles

LA Live Steamers Show- 2018

WAPA has a beautiful area under the trees
Carey and Joe
Everyone’s a critic
Say hello to my little friend
Ford next to the tracks
Rob & Kelley’s Scottish Allan Brothers engine

Santa Ana River #1 Power Plant

Santa Ana River #3 Powerhouse Pelton wheel enclosure
View from atop the Seven Oaks Dam
Road up to Santa Ana River #1
Santa Ana River Canyon
Santa Ana River #1 Powerhouse
Pelton Water Wheel Company Generator, circa 1897
Three phase AC generator
Three phase AC generator
Original switching gear
Marge with the marble control panels in SAR-1
Carey! Don’t touch the bare wires!
Mules hauled everything up the mountain in the 1890’s
Kelley and Dave atop the dam
Hundreds of feet below the Seven Oaks Dam, Valve control room beneath the dam
Rob and the leaky dike
Hydraulic rams for controlling valves
DON’T OPEN THE DOOR!
Access tunnel beneath the dam

Fall on the Farm Show- 2018

Three cartoon characters
Roger Hahn, Merle Morse, Ron Haskell with Merle’s Stover engine
Oiler
Ron’s 7 hp Economy engine built by Hercules, marketed by Sears, Roebuck
Merle’s Stover engine
Rob’s Richard Hornsby engine

Justice Brothers Car Collection

“Carburetor Carl” Haren was our host for the day

WAPA Through The Years- Part 1

Bob Munsinger with his Hercules engine
Kelley Garcia and Chili
Don Hunter’s Holt 111 - Six originals were made, none remain
Don built this completely from scratch
Ron Haskell with his 7 hp Economy
Boys pumping water in Aliso Viejo
Merle’s Morse’s Gault
Some of Larry’s Model A’s
Some of Larry’s Model A’s
Some of Larry’s Model A’s
Winter Bash at Larry Madole’s
Ross and Jon with Jon’s Standard engine
Ernie and Don
Dan and Dorothy with Ernie’s models
Rob and Kelley's Western engine
Bob Smith wins First Prize
Chuck Mayernick
LeRoy showing his Hercules
Rob’s Crossley K engine
Corn Grinder Girls
Dick and Ron with Dicks’ Hayward Tyler hot air engine
Rob and Chili running a churn with an 1895 Dog Power
Water Pump Kids
Rob and kids running an 1863 corn sheller
Rob and Kelley’s Allan Brothers oil engin
Tom Fee demonstrating his water pump
Danny and Tom checking out Danny’s new Doak
Rob and Kelley's Western engine
Ron Haskell and Tim Neely
Farmall Driver
Kids trying out Kelley’s milking machine
Pedal Powered Pumping Project
Kids trying out Kelley’s milking machine
Kids trying out Kelley’s milking machine
Gus Lukrofka running his model Stirling engine
Earning their Water Pumping Badge
Inspector Bob lending “helping” Jim
Jim and Carey
Bob, Kelley, and Rob riding the rails at the LA Live Steamers

WAPA Through The Years- Part 2

Kelley Garcia with her 25 horsepower Commercial engine
Corn Sheller kids at the Aliso Viejo Founder’s Day Celebration
Kids running Kelley’s 1890 Mann’s Green Bone Cutter
Child laborers shelling corn
Bob Smith grinding corn
Checking out Rob’s 25 hp Model 1905 Western Gas Engine
Kelley and Chili churning butter with 1895 Dog Power
Engine built by Ignac Lorenz in the Československá Republika circa 1920
Joe Siddons working on his 1 1/2 horsepower McCormick Deering engine
Shelling corn is hard work
Kelley making buckwheat flour with her 1901 model roller mill
Shelling corn is hard work
Tom, Merle, Dick, and Ron at the Bouris Ranch
Demonstration of Don’s Holt tractor
Mike Jones showing his Root & Vandervoort in Vista
Joe Siddons amazing the ladies with his cream separating skills
Jim Knox with his Rider Ericsson hot air pumping engine
Gary Schnell starting his Model M Rumely Oilpull tractor
Rob & Kelley’s Rider Ericsson hot air engine
Gus Lukrofka
Merle’s model steam engine
Merle Morse (inventor of tapered things)
Rob & Kelley’s Austral oil engine ready for takeoff
Ken Evans showing his Aermotor
Wink and Ginger Thornton
LeRoy Overstreet
Frank Moody with his immaculate John Deere Model E
Kelley, Tom, Ken, and LeRoy at the Brentwood Science Magnet School
Kids working with Joe Siddons’ grinders
Ford at the Cal Poly Pumpkin Festival
Rob Skinner’s 14-28 Rumely being driven by Ian Armstrong, with Rob and Bean
Fairbanks Morse Type Z engine running 1901 Great Western Roller Mill
Orchard Sprayer in tow
Tom Millett explaining Ken’s pump
Larry Evans with a rotary engine contraption in the playground at the Brendwood
Rob’s yellow dog lighting the way