When Steam was king
Ken Elder down in Carthage, NC has quite a collection of steam and gasoline engines. Here are a few pix that I shot a couple of years ago at his show.
The first two are called "oil engines" since they ran on kerosene.
International Harvester "Titan"
Hart Parr, forerunner of Oliver
Now we get to the steam engines:
Avery Undermount
Geiser "Peerless" Z3, the biggest engine Geiser made. And they didn't make many of them.
Reeves in front, Nichols & Shepard behind
40-140 Rumley The figures are horsepower ratings. The first number is drawbar horsepower. The second is belt horsepower. And the ratings were figured differently then gasoline horsepower.
J.I. Case
Sawyer-Massey, a Canadian engine
The Westinghouse "upright". A vertical boiler engine.
And just to show that there's nothing new, here's a Lansing 4 wheel drive steam engine.
And last we have an A.D. Baker engine. The Baker engine was one of the most technologically advanced steam engines made.
The first two are called "oil engines" since they ran on kerosene.
International Harvester "Titan"
Hart Parr, forerunner of Oliver
Now we get to the steam engines:
Avery Undermount
Geiser "Peerless" Z3, the biggest engine Geiser made. And they didn't make many of them.
Reeves in front, Nichols & Shepard behind
40-140 Rumley The figures are horsepower ratings. The first number is drawbar horsepower. The second is belt horsepower. And the ratings were figured differently then gasoline horsepower.
J.I. Case
Sawyer-Massey, a Canadian engine
The Westinghouse "upright". A vertical boiler engine.
And just to show that there's nothing new, here's a Lansing 4 wheel drive steam engine.
And last we have an A.D. Baker engine. The Baker engine was one of the most technologically advanced steam engines made.
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