Company History
11/16/2009 3:33:55 PM
Joe Maurer's Stover gas engine registry.
11/5/2009 1:47:06 PM
Glenn Karch was recognized world-wide as an authority on the Hercules Gas Engine Co.
7/28/2009 2:54:44 PM
My friend Troy Rudy has had a great Stover engine poster for several years. Not only is it a picture of an early upright engine, but it also must have been framed by the factory or may have even hung in the factory. Stenciled on the right side of the oak picture frame are the words “Stover Mfg. Co. Freeport, ILL.”
6/8/2009 4:59:51 PM
There is a debate among die-hard Stover fans regarding the date D.C. Stover started building engines, and what type of engine he was building in the beginning.
5/7/2009 2:33:15 PM
Joe Maurer takes a closer look at Stover CT engines.
5/7/2009 12:08:56 PM
After 75 years, Fuller & Johnson has a permanent home.
4/1/2009 10:20:20 AM
As manufacturers refined engine design, there was a shift from the open crankshaft engine to the closed crank system. Stover followed this trend, but a continued demand for the open-style engine forced the company to offer both types.
3/31/2009 5:18:01 PM
Celebrating 100 years of Economy and 95 years of Hercules-built engines.
3/31/2009 4:52:56 PM
Trying to make sense of Briggs & Stratton FH engine serial numbers.
1/27/2009 11:32:18 AM
William Galloway guaranteed his product for five years.
1/23/2009 11:25:34 AM
The Alamo Manufacturing Co. buildings today.
1/22/2009 4:56:56 PM
Stover collectors may be surprised to learn that Stover manufactured an electric light plant.
11/14/2008 4:38:41 PM
A closer look at the Stover records.
11/14/2008 4:14:56 PM
A bit of background on Delco.
12/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Like its products, the history of Abenaque Machine Works is varied and unique.
12/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Hercules engine history
11/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Hercules Gas Engine Co. history
11/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Surviving engines from Blakeslee Mfg. Co. and the subsequent White-Blakeslee Mfg. Co., Birmingham, Ala., are a true rarity.
10/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
One such manufacturer's products are normally not associated with the oil field - John Deere.
10/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
The aftermath of the 1910 Gade factory fire.
10/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Hercules Gas Engine Co. historical information
5/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Gas engine experiments began in the Stover shops in 1895.