Steam Traction Archive
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January 1987
Case Tractor
The tractor is constructed entirely of flat and bar stock.
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Anna Mae is a member of the local Historical and Museum Society.
OLD THRESHERS AT THIRTY -SEVEN
40 horse Avery owned by Midwest Old Threshers and operated by Leon Foree.
Steam Roller From Bunnyville
Steam roller in solitary splendor at Bunnyville.
International Committee Established In Support of J. I. Case Heritage
International J. I. Case Heritage Steering Committee was established at a gathering of about 60 Case supporters.
Oklahomans Host First J. I. Case Exposition at Pawnee
Announcement of the Pawnee Show's selection was made by Jim Briden.
STEAM IN CHINA
Steam boat was used before 1911 to carry the Chinese royal family on pleasure junkets.
A Reader Speaks
J. Hoffendasher enjoy reading A Reader Speaks magazine very much.
Roots of Motive Power
Roots of Motive Power Exhibition held at Mendocino County Museum.
33rd ANNUAL BIRD CITY SHOW
Ralph Najarian took at Bird City, Kansas during the 33rd annual show of the Tri-State Antique Engine.
The Good Old Days Revisited
The writing style of that day makes for interesting reading too.
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Everett Brown will be dearly missed by his family, friends and show exhibitors.
MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS
The Museum would appreciate donations of more highway items, literature, etc.
The Manufacture of Engines, Saw Mills and Grain Separators
An engine was shipped to Australia for exhibition at the exposition then in progress at Melbourne.
POST CARD
Family Corn Festival held last August 24th at the Ontario Agricultural Museum near Milton, Ontario.
March 1987
Soot In The Flues
Stationery store on the outer fringe of the Wall Street area
1986 STUMP TOWN SHOW REPORT
A model covered bridge built by Frank Stevens
NO NONSENSE
The 25 HP Advance-Rumely is a real brute of an engine
American-Abell Engine and Thresher Co. Ltd.
John Abell's first engines were of the locomotive boiler type
1986 PAWNEE SHOW SET A NEW STANDARD
The Brake fits to all sizes of steam engines, tractors and models
Making A Steam Engine From A Lawn Mower
The best way to grind the cams is to hold the ends of the shaft
GEE, THANKS, UNCLE JOHN
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Sullivan are honored on their 50th anniversary at the Ternings show
Young Readers Like IMA
Brad owes his interest in antique steam and gas engines
THE LEGENDARY 150 HP CASE STEAM ENGINE
Case Steam Engine sat abandoned at the mine site until 1918
TETON ANNUAL SHOW
The Teton Antique Steam and Gas Threshing Association, Inc. held on September 13 and 14, 1986
ROLLAG 1986
Rural heritage is better represented at Rollag
THE GOLDEN ROLL
The Kruse collection also included a number of hot air engines
POST CARD
The engine 16 HP Keck Gonnerman and is owned by Sam Myers and Bill Scheiding
May 1987
THE ROGGE
Northwest Airlines as Superintendent of Maintenance Regulations
A Dream Comes True
Privilege of operating a steam powered locomotive
Wood Brothers Thresher Gets Second Lease on Life
Wood Brothers 28inch machine will pull duty with the antique tractors
Domino's Farms Sponsors Third Annual Steam Engine Show
Domino's and a steam powered boat called Steamer Telegraph, owned by the show's
Michigan Steam Engines & Threshers Show
The two threshed wheat and oats this summer and rice in the fall using the steam engine
25 HP REEVES
Halden, Missouri is the only Reeves of its kind left in the United States
Tractor and Steam Engine Drawbar Horsepower
The field by Caterpillar Tractor Co. and many others to accurately measure Drawbar HP
Traction Engine Troubles
In the 1880s, when steam traction engines were rather new in some localities
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The old engines and enjoy having some fun on the subject. Keep up the good work, Anna Mae
One of the South's Great Steam Men Passes the Mantle of Case Allegiance to his Son
Tobacco Plant Bed Steamin' in Old Kentuck
That's My Daddy's Steam Engine
The thrill is as fresh in my memory today as it was almost 40 years ago
Antique Acres in Action
1987 will see a new addition to the collection of Heavy Antiques shown at the annual August power show
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Mr. Hill had been a member of the Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association
COMMUNITY DAY AT THE DELAWARE AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM
The Delaware Agricultural Museum's Community Day shows
POST CARDS
The school on steam taught by Chaddy Atterbury at Pawnee last winter.
July 1987
High School Students Get Steamed Over Special Project
2 cylinder vertical marine engine equipped with Stephenson reversing gear
THE STEAM ENGINES OF NEW YORK
Bending the thick iron sheets into useable shapes for building boilers
ALBERT CITY REPORT
The Thieman tractor was born at Albert City
MONTMAGNY PORTABLE
John Kvill of the Reynolds-Alberta Museum identified this portable as one similar to Museum's collection
107 Years of Family Farm Steam Power
The Reeves engine is a very nice show piece engine
Green Straw Piles in Kansas
The machine was designed for the straw to travel over the straw racks
CEDAR VALLEY ENGINE CLUB
New Acquisition For
Threshing Hand Says Goodby
Special to The Sentinel
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Hercules gas engine and a McCormick mower with a three and one half sickle bar
The GOLDEN ROLL
Chester was one of the 1981 organizers of the Battle Ground
STEAM PLOW:
In 1850 Horace Greeley made a special trip to Watertown to see a portable steam engine
Le Sueur County Pioneer Power Association
1986 SHOW REPORT
ENGINE MAINTENANCE
The biggest enemy of the steam traction engine is corrosion and rust
A Family Affair
Stack threshing at the Hans Krog farm in September of 1916
POST CORD
Port Huron engine made in 1920
September 1987
POST CARD
Postcards and photos of engines
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The foregoing is as important in knowing that your steam guage reads in pounds/square.
PIONEER GAS & STEAM ENGINE SOCIETY
There were also small tractors, small gas engines and antique cars
Dodge Steam Engine
Pictures of Dodge steam engine
Wisconsin Model Maker
Models owned by John Sell
Case Heritage Foundation Off To Fast Start At Pawnee
Several hundred persons joined the International J. I. Case Heritage Foundation
A LOOK AT THE PAST
Threshing Days:
STEAM LIBRARY EXHIBIT
Encyclopedia of American Steam Traction Engines
Old Case Photos
The picture is a group of men standing on a threshing machine grain bagger
Common Sense & Safety
Safety of engines
THE GOLDEN ROLL
FORREST V. CUNNINGHAM had a small library of books pertaining to locomotives and steam traction engines
MOSIER IMPLEMENT SHOW
Gas Engine always support us, bringing in many engines and tractors
Let's Thresh This Year
The dull times between cutting and threshing were interrupted several years
The Heritage or Past History Of TITUS and ERMA BRUBAKER
First automobile, a Cadillac with the one cylinder engine under the front floorboards
CENTER CRACK SIMPLE TRACTION ENGINE
THESE BOILERS BURN STRAW VERY EFFICIENTLY.
November 1987
Unique Museum in Hamilton, Ontario
Canadian institution is one which should be visited by all students of steam power
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Le Grand Skinner founded the Skinner Engine Company in 1868
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Joe Blumentritt, builder of the first traction engine
Program Books On The Rise
A Wisconsin book comes from the Badger Steam Gas Engine Club, whose show is located at Baraboo.
The Nettesheim Frick: A FAMILY AFFAIR
Frick was used on the Conrad Nettesheim farm located on Springdale Road
CORROSION NOTES
Galvanic corrosion occurs when you have two or more different metals in contact with each other
A SAWMILL STORY
Advance Rumely 20 HP No. 15091 built in 1920
As I See It
Doug Strawser, one of the really big Oliver collectors
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Jackson was the founder of the Pioneer Harvest Fiesta
MacDonald Manufacturing Co.,
MacDonald engines were built in Canada under license by A. D. Baker Co.
First J.I. Case Heritage Exposition:
An Overwhelming Experience
Meatplant STEAM ENGINE
Flywheel which powered the refrigeration system for the plant
Hubley Toy Engines Shown By Museum
Hubley made a number of other models of farm engines.
Post card
A 16 HP Advance owned by Bill Raisch
Penberthy Automatic Injector is TROUBLE-PROOF
The Penberthy delivers water to the boiler at from 160 to 212 Fahrenheit