Nelson Snider's 'Pop' collection of steam engines at Woodbridge fair, Calliope-mobile
Photograph of a calliope mobile at the Woodbridge Fair. A calliope produces sound by sending gas, steam or compressed air through large whistles. The sound is usually very loud, with even a small calliope being heard from kilometers away. The calliope was officially patented in 1855 by Joshua C. Stoddard of Massachusetts, though the design was based on earlier instruments.
City of Vaughan Archives: MG 10
Nelson Snider's 'Pop' collection of steam engines at Woodbridge fair, Calliope-mobile
Photograph of a calliope mobile at the Woodbridge Fair. A calliope produces sound by sending gas, steam or compressed air through large whistles. The sound is usually very loud, with even a small calliope being heard from kilometers away. The calliope was officially patented in 1855 by Joshua C. Stoddard of Massachusetts, though the design was based on earlier instruments.
City of Vaughan Archives: MG 10