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Reader A.K. Kissel, Box 7583, Newark, DE 19714, sends us this picture of a Peerless traction engine manufactured by Emerson-Brantingham. Peerless steam engines were made by Geiser prior to E-B's purchase of Geiser in 1912.
Mark Corson, 9374 Roosevelt St., Crown Points, IN 46307-1840, snapped this picture of an 1878 Blumentritt at the 1999 Cedar Valley Memories show.
Paul Martons, Fair view , Okla. , Get some air while handling Chaddy Atteberry's 40 HP Case on the incline at the 2001 Pawnee, Okla., show.
A 1909 16-50 Port Huron, serial number 6213, owned by Walter H. Jopke, 5230 Lincoln St. N. E., Minneapolis, MN 55421. Walter's search for information on this engine was chronicled in the January/February 1998 issue of Iron-Men Album.
This picture was sent by Wilbur D. Wimmer, 750 Yuba St. Box 19, Redding, CA 96001.
According to information supplied by Wilbur, this McLaughlin steam tractor was purchased in 1908 to plow a drained swamp for a land reclamation project in McArthur, Calif. Its enormous size and weight proved a handicap, as it evidently spent much of its time stuck. It is supposed to weigh 14 tons. If anyone knows more about this steam tractor, drop us a line.