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STOVER ENGINE WORKS

By C. H. Wendel

R.R. 1, Box 28-A, Atkins, Iowa 52206

D. C. Stover began building windmills in the 1870s. Stover's inventive bent was by no means limited to windmill developments. During his life, Mr. Stover developed a host of machines, including feed grinders, spring making machinery, and numerous other inventions. The "Stover style" barbed wire is eagerly sought by barbed wire collectors.

Gas engine experiments began in the Stover shops in 1895. Undoubtedly, several experimental styles emerged prior to the earliest production models. Photographic evidence indicates that the earliest Stover engines were of the sideshaft style, although there are no references to their engine in Stover literature, and none are known to exist.

During 1903 and 1904, Stover engines assumed the basic designs that were used for about 20 years. The rapid technological changes which o...

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