Taylor Dry Portable Steam Engine

By Jesse S. Byers
Published on May 1, 1967
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Courtesy of Jesse S. Byers, Littlestown, Pennsylvania 17340 This photo is from the Collection of the Carroll County Historical Society, Westminster, Maryland. This engine is owned by Jesse Byers. The only one known of in the U.S.A. The last one was junked
Courtesy of Jesse S. Byers, Littlestown, Pennsylvania 17340 This photo is from the Collection of the Carroll County Historical Society, Westminster, Maryland. This engine is owned by Jesse Byers. The only one known of in the U.S.A. The last one was junked
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Courtesy of Jesse S. Byers, Littlestown, Pennsylvania 17340 This photo is from the Collection of the Carroll County Historical Society, Westminster, Maryland Taylor steam engine display at the Worlds Fair in Paris in 1878 and won first prize.
Courtesy of Jesse S. Byers, Littlestown, Pennsylvania 17340 This photo is from the Collection of the Carroll County Historical Society, Westminster, Maryland Taylor steam engine display at the Worlds Fair in Paris in 1878 and won first prize.
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Courtesy of Jesse S. Byers, Littlestown, Pennsylvania 17340 This photo is from the Collection of the Carroll County Historical Society, Westminster, Maryland. The Taylor dry steam engine was made in this factory Pat April 13, 1875. The row of barrels on
Courtesy of Jesse S. Byers, Littlestown, Pennsylvania 17340 This photo is from the Collection of the Carroll County Historical Society, Westminster, Maryland. The Taylor dry steam engine was made in this factory Pat April 13, 1875. The row of barrels on
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Courtesy of Jesse S. Byers, Littlestown, Pennsylvania 17340 c The Taylor dry steam engine. We think probably George and Edward standing by the boiler.
Courtesy of Jesse S. Byers, Littlestown, Pennsylvania 17340 c The Taylor dry steam engine. We think probably George and Edward standing by the boiler.

Littlestown, Pa. 17340

The machine was built in 1875 at Westminster, Maryland by the
Taylor Manufacturing Company, and was a prize winner at the Paris
Exposition in 1878. It is a horse-drawn model Dry Steam Portable
engine. Records from the Carroll County Historical Society reveal
that the ‘Taylor Manufacturing Company’ was established at

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