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CENTENNIAL PROJECT

By Wesley E. Love

Route 1 Arthur, Iowa 51431

I have always been interested in engines and anything mechanical and as I grow older I still marvel at the wonderful things of the past...this is probably why I was put on the Antique Committee of the Centennial of our town. Even when electricity came to our farm, I just couldn't throw our little John Deere 1 HP model E in the junk heap, nor a model W.M. Briggs & Stratton. Also I had picked up a model Y Briggs & Stratton years ago that would possibly have been thrown away!

Now back to the Centennial project...I had this J.D. 1 HPI couldn't throw away. This little engine's main job was powering the washing machine, but our water was at that time pumped by a windmill which I still have! As we know, the wind didn't blow all the time so little John at times had to be removed from the wash house to pump up some water until the w...

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