A STORY OF ORIN E. SWEARINGEN AND THE COLEAN STEAM ENGINE

By Gordon A. Burnett
Published on November 1, 1967
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Courtesy of Clyde H. Clauer, Glen Haven, Wisconsin 53810 Pictured is my 1912 outfit, It is a copy as the original is in the Jamison's
Courtesy of Clyde H. Clauer, Glen Haven, Wisconsin 53810 Pictured is my 1912 outfit, It is a copy as the original is in the Jamison's
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Courtesy of Gordon A. Burnett, Box 3, Neponset, Illinois 61345 O. E. Swearingen of Neponset, Illinois and the Colean Steam Engine at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Courtesy of Gordon A. Burnett, Box 3, Neponset, Illinois 61345 O. E. Swearingen of Neponset, Illinois and the Colean Steam Engine at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

Neponset, Ill. Friend and employee of Mr. Swearingen from a
personal interview.

O. E. Swearingen was 84 on December 23, 1966. When he was only
ten years old he worked on an old Monarch Steam Engine. While his
dad was away one day, O. E. and ‘Oatsie’ (his brother)
watered and fired ‘old Charlie’ and ran it around a bit.

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