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January 2002

SOOT IN THE FLUES
Past and Present:

The Final Report
The Medina Sheriff's Office Releases its Final Report on the Case 110 Explosion

nSteam Schools 2002
A Listing of Known Steam Schools for 2002

Storage and Maintenance
Taking Advantage of Winter Down Time and Staying Ahead of The Maintenance Curve

Clapp & Jones
An 1874 Steam Fire Engine Celebrating a Heritage of Steam and a Tribute to American Firefighters

Birdsall Portable
An 1890 6 HP Birdsall In Remarkable, Original Condition

A Short History of Frick and Geiser
Frick asked Geiser to move into the Frick shops in Waynesboro.

The Aultman & Taylor Company
Chapter 8: The Separators

The Golden Roll
Emmet enjoyed his last show at Rosebud in July 2000.

Annotated Steam Engine
A Novel Approach to Exhibiting and Educating

POST CARDS
Traction engines

March 2002

A Short History of the A.B. Farquhar Company
Farquhar machinery had been awarded premiums at all the leading expositions

Antique Boiler Inspection Survey
Results from the National Board Survey

What is a Fusible Plug and How Does it Work?
Fusible plugs for use in boilers of steam vessels under the jurisdiction of the Steamboat-Inspection Service

Fusible Plug Analysis
Why Your Old Fusible Plus May Fail You When You Need it the Most

The Aultman & Taylor Company
Chapter 9: Separator Attachments, Painting, Clover Hullers and Sawmills

Storage and Maintenance
Getting Ready for the First Firing of Spring

THE GOLDEN ROLE
Leonard had numerous interests, including steam engines

POST CARDS
Minneapolis plow engine at the 2001 Barnes Steam and Power Show outside of Belgrade

May 2002

The Medina Plug
The Medina Report and the Case 7/0's Fusible Plus: What the Report Doesn't Answer Raises More Questions

King of the Furrow
A Reeves Steam Plow Heads for Restoration

The McLaughlin Manufacturing Company
MCLAUGHLIN BLUEPRINT

The Aultman & Taylor Company
The Debut of the Steam Engine and the Aultman Taylor Tractors

Steam Trucks
Steam-Powered Trucks are a Decided Oddity in the U.S./ but in Australia Examples of the Breed Still Survive

Kitten Steam Engines Slowly Finding Their Way Back Home
Henry's dad used to own a Kitten steam engine

July 2002

Steaming Up North
Awash in a Sea of Rumely Green and Allis Orange

Steam School Report
Steam School at Carriage Hill Farm

Back Home in Pawnee
After Four Years Running on the Road the Pawnee Steam School Returns to its Roots

The History of Steam Traction Engine 28803
Tracing the Lineage of a 60 HP 1926 Frick

The Spirit of the Machine
A 1903 American-Abell that Helped Break the Canadian Prairie

The Aultman & Taylor Company
Chapter 11: Output of Machinery

Pictures at an Exhibition
Documenting a variety of Case equipment, from portables to traction engines and threshers

The Golden Roll
New Haven played a big part in helping organize the Midwest Old Threshers Show at Mount

75 HP 1911 Case
6 HP 1906 Champion

September 2002

A New Chapter in the Life of an Iron Man
Roy Herr and Rough and Tumble A Life of Steam

1875 C.H. Brown Stationary Steam Engine
Originally Consigned to Run a Lumber Mill, this 150 HP Engine is Going Back Together for the Third Time

Back in the Game
Showing Sign of Being a Junkyard Engine, this 1913 60 HP Case Gets a Deserving Restoration to Bring it

The Aultman & Taylor Company
Chapter 12: The 45-120 HP Engine and Unique Machines

The golden roll
He served with the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946 as an airplane mechanic.

Doughty Valley Power Show
The first Doughty Valley Power Show was held July 20-21, 2001 at the Abe Mast family farm in Millersburg

November 2002

The Mystery of the Lehmer Model
An Old Traction Engine Model Leads to a Modern Mystery

Engine Down in Centerville
A Bridge Breaks, a Frick Falls and a Lawsuit Ensues

Pioneer Engineers 54th Annual Show
Drive for New Acreage Continues as One of America's Oldest Steam Shows Celebrates Another Successful Year

Back in the Game: Part 2
After Pouring New Babbitt and Getting a Good Run in, the 1913 60 HP Case is Back in Form

The Aultman & Taylor Company
Chapter 13: Enlargement of the Plant and Labor Relations

POST CARDS
Action at the pioneer Engineers 54th Annual Show this past August