Steam Traction Archive
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January 2003
LETTING OFF STEAM
A new era in steam is dawning
PAST AND PRESENT
Steam Engines and Threshing Machines
Building a Large Prony Brake
How Much Power Does That Engine Really Produce? A Working Prony Brake Provides the Answer
Pitts Versus Aultman & Taylor
In 1871 Aultman and Taylor's Vibrating Thresher was an Upstart Contender for the Pitts' Crown
The Aultman & Taylor Company
Chapter 14: Advertising the Machinery
Boiler Safety
A Veteran Steam Traction Engineer Provides a Solid Program to Ensure Safe Steaming
Do You Know How? Testing Your Ability to Respond
Do You Know How
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Kim was a member of the Michigan Steam Engine
1910 Geiser Peerless U1
Working on restoring New Peerless separator
March 2003
LETTING OFF STEAM
Antique boilers
PAST AND PRESENT
Steam Engines & Threshing Machines
The Steam Plow in America
Development of the Steam Traction Engine
The First Ohio Traction Engine?
Pushing Back the Date of Traction Engineering in Ohio
Riverbend Gets a Water Tower
Permanent Water Tower Supplies Club's Steamers
From Sawmills to Logomobiles
Manufacture of a Steam-Powered Logging Truck and Sawmill
Building a Large Prony Brake
Determining Capacity and Putting it to the Test
The Aultman & Taylor Company
Litigation and Personnel in the Aultman & Taylor Company's Later Years
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Important role in training
May 2003
LETTING OFF STEAM
The history of Aultman and Taylor has been preserved and that the steam community played an integral role in that preservation
PAST AND PRESENT
STEAM ENGINE & THRESHING MACHINES
LOG HAULING IN CALIFORNIA IN THE 1880s
Searching for Clues to English Engines in the Woods of California
TESTING STAYBOLTS
Hammering Staybolts is a Time-honored Method of Testing for Broken Bolts: A Dull Thud Equals a Broken Bolt, a Clear Ring Means They're Okay - or Does it?
THE AULTMAN & TAYLOR COMPANY
Chapter 16: Aultman & Taylor Financial Status and Liquidation of the Company
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Dennis led the parade at the National Sweet Corn Festival in Hoopeston, Ill., for 26 years, and he was the show
RUSSELL GREETS CHALLENGER
The Challenger and visited with Butch and the crew of the Russell engine, and when it was time to move on Jerry and Marion
STEAMING KNOWS NO SEASON
The 110 is pulling a Cockshutt 12-bottom plow, followed by the 75 pulling a Cockshutt 10-bottom plow
POST CARDS
The tiller of Dale's 1921 20-75 HP double rear-mount Nichols and Shepard
July 2003
LETTING OFF STEAM
The dozen or so shows celebrating 50-plus years represent a mere fraction of the total
Tourist on Board
Great Dorset Steam Fair
American Steam Wagon
From a Small Factory in Worcester, Mass., Morgan Motor Company Turned out Steam-Powered Wagons
A Bit about Birdsall
With Surviving Engines Few and Far Between, the Birdsall History is still Waiting to be Written
Sweet Steam
A Copper Kettle, Four Bushels of Apples and a Steam Engine Combine for some Fine Apple Butter
Reflections of a Young Thresherman
A Young Steamer Reflects on Lessons Learned and the Value of Tradition and History
THE GOLDEN ROLL
David owned several antique tractors through the years, and he also restored machinery
FRICK-FREE-For-ALL
Reminds us that this year celebrates the 150th anniversary of Frick Company
PERFECT PAIRING
Pulling the huller is the 1893 10 HP Nichols & Shepard traction engine
September 2003
LETTING OFF STEAM
Steam Engine Joe Rynda in Minnesota and LeRoy Blaker in Ohio held the first recognized reunions.
STEAMING THROUGH LIFE
Steam's Fascination Lasts a Lifetime
Steam Hauler
Waiting for its Second Chance, a Scale Minneapolis Makes the Rounds on the Back of a Restored IHC
The First Reunion?
Before Steam Engine Joe Rynda or LeRoy Blaker, Threshermen Shows were Held on an Ohio Farm
Spalding's Corner
Looking for Clues to Mystery Engines
Pioneering Steam
The A.D. Baker Co. Got into the Steam Game Late, but its Contributions Changed the Rules
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Bill was a past member of the Lake Region Pioneer Threshermen's Association, Dalton, Minn., and a charter member of the J.I. Case Heritage Foundation.
A Short History of the Fusible Plug
With References to Regulations and Standards
How Much Do You Know About Your Fusible Plug?
Is it a fireside plug or a waterside plug?
A CASE OF PRIDE
A guy in Kansas makes nice -scale Case engines
November 2003
NTA RUMELY EXPO
Rumely products of various stripe on hand.
LETTING OFF STEAM
Watching a steam engine run, it's flywheel spinning as the belt pulls on the thresher.
Return of the Keck
It Took 45 Years, but Perseverance Paid in the Return of a 19 HP 1923 Keck-Gonnerman
Ole Puff
In 1928 Geiser made its Last Engine a Decade Went by Before it Found its First Owner
My Friend Austin Monk
The Man Behind the Famous Peerless 40-120 Z3, the Redoubtable Austin Monk
Frick Catalog Cuts
Portable Steam Engines and Sawmills Continued as Mainstays of the Frick Co. in the Late 1930s
MORE POWER AT LOWER COST FOR UPKEEP AND OPERATION
Thousands of dollars have been expended in experimental work
Ingenious Applications of Steam Power
In the Latter Half of the 19th Century Steam's Power Drove some Interesting Inventions