Steam Traction Archive
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January 1995
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Old engines from Maytag up to Nick Poncelets 75 HP Cooper Bessemer mounted on a lowboy tractor-trailer rig.
Old Steam Engines
The whistles on the portable engines were used to signal messages to the work crew.
Advance, Aultman-Taylor, and Rumely Steam Engine Registry
Registering a steam engine at a central clearing house of information
Wood Taber & Morse
The iron ore was obtained from the Clinton area
Museum Needs Our Help!
Gallons of red and black paint were carefully applied
Northeast Steam & Gas Association
The largest engine on the grounds was a 125 HP stationary engine used to power the sawmill.
A Richland County Tale
The plants growing in the bogs and mires across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania were buried in muck
WEDDING ON A BAKER
John E. McDowell and Beatrice J. Weidman were wed Valentine's Day, February 14, 1994, on John's 23-90 Baker in Plainfield
The Marine Engineers of the STEAM SHIP TITANIC
The 25 double-ended boilers were to provide steam for the main engines.
A Tribute To a Friend
Harry was a man who spent nearly all of his life working around and with steam engines
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Simon had been the neighborhood custom thresherman in the 40s and 50s with Huber threshers and Huber and John Deere belt power.
POST CARD
The Birdsall was made in Auburn.
March 1995
Rough & Tumble's FRICK Sawmill
The more efficient mills cut lumber accurately to size and reducing waste
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Anne Mae do agree that 90 percent of boiler problems are human error
Collecting Steam
Two hundred and twenty-four Kitten engines were hand built between 1880 and 1940
Bill Lamb's Reminiscences: PART 2
Case wasn't the only company to build a 150 HP engine
A Picture Perfect Historical Construction Equipment Association Show
The old-iron Paradise offered more than 144 pieces of old and unusual equipment for visitors
Thousands of People See Red in Winamac, Indiana!
Assembled were approximately five steam engines, four scale-model steam engines
Following in PAP'S FOOTSTEPS
There seems to be an upsurge in interest in history and preserving traditions of the past
To Certify a Tractor Boiler
What You Have To Do In Southern California
Mail Order Steam Engine Parts
Paul says occasionally someone will call about parts and then gripe about the price
Harrison JUMBO Owners
Many Jumbo engines need smoke box doors
MEMORIES OF LOGGING
Shortly after that Art died. Other Rajalas took over. Art's wife was the bookkeeper
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Steam engines were gradually replaced by tractors and combines
Post Card
Photos of steam engines
May 1995
HOW I FOUND A CASE BOILER
Eight and One-Half Miles From My House
The Blair Farm FALL FESTIVAL
Many demonstrations and displays including early farm machinery at the fall festival
Post-Card From Reynolds-Alberta
A fine research library and reference center is available for workers and visitors
Out of the Attic: Threshing Ring
A threshing ring, a group of up to twenty farmers who would cooperate on the threshing
OTTO'S Russell PART 2
The Darke County Steam Threshers Association Show at Greenville
Nichols & Shepard MANUFACTURING INTERESTS
Nichols, Shepard Company, the proprietors of the Vibrator thrashing machine works
SOOT IN THE FLUES
An oil suitable for steam engine cylinders is generally unsuited to gas engines
Mystic Seaport's Antique Marine Engine Exposition
Mystic Seaport watercraft to show their engines at work on the Mystic River
GREENRIDGE Steam and Gas Antique Show
Greenridge Steam and Gas Antique Show according to Greenridge president Richard Wooster
Case 25x45 Tractor: Cranking Problem
Dan S. Zehr owned and operated his first gasoline tractor
HARRY WOODMANSEE AND STEAM SHOWS
Bill Lamb Remembers
WhoWhat Is the Benson Mountain Company?
New ASME code boilers as well as certified welding repairs to their boilers
LAP SEAM OR BUTT-STRAP?
A lap-seam has its rivets staggered while a butt-strap joint has them in columns
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Bob along with his family operated a steam powered sawmill for several years
Keck-Gonnerman MEMORIES
Tom Hall firing his 22 HP Keck-Gonnerman
Post Card
Mr. Robson has written extensively on the subject of steam power for several British publications
July 1995
SOOT IN THE FLUES
I was glad to see the Canada pages
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Un-restored engines hold a special fascination for me
The Old Peerless
Earliest known history of the engine begins in the mid-1950s
1994 LaGrange Engine Club Show
September 15, 16, & 17 of 1995 are the dates of our 25th anniversary show.
All-New Case Steel Thresher
The rig was a new ALL STEEL J. I. Case thresher
Field Day of the Past
In three years the scope of Field Day of the Past has grown
The Homestead Harvest 1994
The show crowd kept coming
Kelly Traction Engine Cuts
The O.S. Kelly Manufacturing Company of Springfield, Ohio, built this engine
Tribute To A Friendship
The two of them spent the rest of the show getting to know one another
Thresherman Cider Jess
This true story is dedicated to all of the old time thresher men of Pendleton
The 1994 Steam Show
Each evening they belted up steam engines to the fan
TUSCARAWAS VALLEY
Pioneer Power Association, Inc. Field Day and Exhibition
Moving A Threshing Show!
The 22nd annual Rogers Threshing Show took place in August, 1992
Pioneer Engineer's Club of Indiana
This show marked the return of four engines from the early days
POST CARD
Engine By The Pond
GOLDEN ROLL
Ralph became a railroad steam locomotive machinist
September 1995
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Track of the operations
Over 100 Years Old and Still Sawing!
Operation of the sawmill
Harrison Machine Works Boiler and Steam Engine Construction Techniques
Balanced roller valves.
BIOGRAPHY OF Eugene Lincoln Remington
From the Portrait and Biographical Records of the Oregon State Library
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Smithsburg Steam and Craft
WILLIAM FLETCHER'S COMPARISON OF British and American Engines
Average American engine
Threshing Scene
Separator through plowed field
This Is the Story of How I Became A STEAM ENGINE OWNER
Traction engines from winter storage
The New Year's Day WHISTLE BLOW
Machine Shop Service
Roots of Motive Power FESTIVAL
Steam engines and their history
A Trip To Montana
Tractors and Machinery
THE FARM ALBUM
A Little History
LOOKING BACK With Fondness
Consolidation type locomotive
November 1995
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Taber and Morse works, and on the hamlet of Eaton, for our bicentennial
Spring Comes Early, To Kentucky This Year
David Fultz lit the fire and raised steam while Chady Atteberry
B. F. Clyde's Cider Mill Declared Engineering Landmark
Apple cider dates back to the earliest days of English settlement in the thirteen colonies
Origins of Steampower
Newcomen and his associates kept busy turning out engines for use in Britain as well as in Europe
Deja vu
A garment of mud was cast across the show grounds
Past Presidents of Central States Threshers Reunion
Dan Zehr was the founding president of Central States Threshers Reunion
Don't Blow Your Stack!
The Game of Identifying Engines
A Note on Bursting Pressure
A reasonable person might also consider it logical to assume that
PAST OPERATORS
The cast stack was as large as a barrel
Zwicker's Revised Practical Instructor IN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS for Machinists, Firemen, Electricians and Steam Engineers
A steam boiler is a closed vessel made of steel
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Oscar put his collection together in what is known as Oscar's Dreamland
POST CARDS
Parts were used off the old 40inch x 60inch Red River Jack W. Beamish grandfather bought new in 1910