At left, SeaComm Federal Credit Union President & CEO Scott Wilson presents a gift of $5,000 to Roger Austin, Secretary of the St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum. Also present are Reginald Chester, Museum Vice-President and Sherry Thompson, Vice President of Retail Operations for SeaComm. The presentation took place in a brief ceremony in front of the museum’s new Antique Tractor Building. The gift will support completion of the building which is now under construction.

MADRID -- The St. Lawrence Power & Equipment Museum received a $5,000 donation from SeaComm Federal Credit Union to help with building the museum’s Antique Tractor Building.

Directed by Museum Vice-President Reginald Chester, museum members have been putting finishing touches on its exterior. Purchase of exterior overhead doors made possible by the gift will assure a snug winter for the new building.

Further work remains on the building’s interior, which will have three sections. A front show room will feature restored tractors as they might have been exhibited more than 50 years ago. In back will be a fully equipped and winterized maintenance and restoration shop that will also have instruction for members and others. The balance of the facility will provide needed space for the museum’s antique tractor collection.

The new building will bring museum areas under cover to nearly 30,000 square feet.

The museum’s mission is to preserve and share the knowledge of the inventions and new technologies that have supported and improve the lives of people living in the North Country of New York.

The museum is at 1755 State Hwy. 345 in Madrid. Open Houses will be held on two more Saturdays this year, Oct. 11 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Group tours are available. Call. 322-8956 if interested.

Membership is open to all. Individual dues are only $15; for spouses and junior members, $5; business membership is $100. To join, send a check along with your name, address, phone, and email to SLPEM, PO Box 400, Madrid, NY 13680.