Courtesy of Clayton L. Brown 1307N.FerrellSt. Plant City, Florida 33566. This picture is of my father, Frank A. Brown of Groton, New York and a 12 Hp. Groton engine built in 1895 by the Conger Mfg. at Groton, New York. It is filling silo with an Ohio ensi
Clayton L. Brown
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Courtesy of John Smith, Box 128, Orillia, Ontario, Canada. A few of the stationary engines in the display set up by Ernie Batly, a local steam enthusiast. (Photo by staff of Milton Champion)
John Smith
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Courtesy of John Smith, Box 128, Orillia, Ontario, Canads. This American built Minneapolis was a newcomer in the steam engine line-up at steam-Era 1968. Most of the thirty other steam traction engines are Canadian built. (Photo by Milton Champion).
John Smith
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Courtesy of Ed Jansen 106 Water St. Teutopolis, Illinois 62467. Just finished threshing at Legion Show at Sigel on Labor Day, 1968. Leon Kaufman brought it to town.
Ed Jansen
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Courtesy of Ed Jansen 106 Water St. Teutopolis, Illinois 62467. Virgil Jansen and boys, running D. R. Bartimus's Keck steamer at Sigel, Illinois Legion Show.
Ed Jansen
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Courtesy of E. J. Buhr, Box 31, Maymont, Saskatchewan, Canada. Steam shovel at Minot, North Dakota in May 1916.
E. J. Buhr
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Courtesy of S. L. Speer, Bismarck, Missouri 63624. This is my separator, a 22 inch McCormick Deering. The man behind the belt is Mr. Queen of Bismarck and the man atop the machine is M. C. Kinnon, County Recorder of Deeds.
S. L. Speer
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Courtesy of Leonard Owen, 1836 S. Glencrest, Springfield, Missouri 65804. These picture is of a very odd locomotive. It was used in a quarry at Phoenix, Missouri about 1915. The plate says Heisler Locomotive Works, Erie, Pennsylvania.
Leonard Owen
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Courtesy of Leonard Owen, 1836 S. Glencrest, Springfield, Missouri 65804. These picture is of a very odd locomotive. It was used in a quarry at Phoenix, Missouri about 1915. The plate says Heisler Locomotive Works, Erie, Pennsylvania.
Leonard Owen
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Courtesy of Forrest V. Cunningham Route 2 Harrodsburg, Kentucky 40330. This picture was taken by my wife, Irene, last August. I am standing in front of Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4004 in Holiday Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Forrest V. Cunningham
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Courtesy of Frank Cornish, Route 1, Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Frank, with his 25 Hp. single cylinder 13 ton Minneapolis steam engine. No. 8704. The engine was ready to be unloaded for a Shrine Parade in Lexington, Kentucky in the fall of 1968.
Frank Cornish
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On the engine is Frank A. Brown, owner. In front of engine with long whiskers is Aaron Howser, next Billy Hare and the fartherest one is Ball Clark, owner of silo filler.
As you can see, it is a V type two cylinder engine with the cylinders nearly vertical at a 90 degree angle. The crank shaft
runs lengthwise underneath the boiler with a drive shaft and two universals to one front axle with a ring gear and pinion. This axle drives the other two wheels by connecting rods. The back wheels are arranged the same, with all eight wheels pulling.
As you can see, it is a V type two cylinder engine with the cylinders nearly vertical at a 90 degree angle. The crank shaft runs lengthwise underneath the boiler with a drive shaft and two universals to one front axle with a ring gear and pinion. This axle drives the other two wheels by connecting rods. The back wheels are arranged the same, with all eight wheels pulling.
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