Westinghouse Portable Steam Engine No. 345, Used by Henry Ford
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Portable steam engines like this powered grain threshers, sawmills, or corn shellers. Horses pulled them from farm to farm. In 1882, 19-year-old Henry Ford was able to make this engine run well when an older man could not; his first accomplishment in the adult world. Thirty years later Ford tracked down the engine, bought it, and returned it to operating condition.
Portable steam engines like this powered grain threshers, sawmills, or corn shellers. Horses pulled them from farm to farm. In 1882, 19-year-old Henry Ford was able to make this engine run well when an older man could not; his first accomplishment in the adult world. Thirty years later Ford tracked down the engine, bought it, and returned it to operating condition.
Artifact
Steam engine (Engine)
Date Made
circa 1881
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Redford
United States, Pennsylvania, Edinboro
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Agriculture
Object ID
13.1.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Brass (Alloy)
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 120 in
Width: 77 in
Length: 119 in
Diameter: 46 in
Wheelbase: 67.25 in
Horsepower: 10 hp (7.46 kW)
Inscriptions
Plate on right side in front of boiler marked: PATENTED/AUG 12 1879/SEPT 27 1881/NO. 345. Plate on rear of boiler marked: G.WESTINGHOUSE & CO,/SCHENECTADY,/N0 N.Y. 345. Firebox door marked: G.W. & CO. 10 H.P.
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