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Courtesy of Ruben Michelson, Anamoose, North Dakota 58710

These two close up pictures of the 6 H.P. Lightning Engine manufactured by Kansas City Hay Press Co., Kansas City, Mo. in about 1900. Now owned by Ole Lundberg, Butterfield, Minn. is the same engine as shown on page 8, July-Aug. 1966 GEM. By Gerald Jacobson. Marshfield, Wisc. The description of the Kansas City gasoline engine on page 15, Jan-Feb. 1967 GEM. by T. H. Krueger, San Antonio, Tex. is exactly the same for this engine as follows - It is a single cylinder 4 cycle engine of opposed-piston type, not opposed-cylinder type. The engine has one long cylinder barrel with two pistons working in this barrel, the piston-heads coming nearly together at the middle. The space left between the pistons forms the combustion space where the make & break igniter is. where the fuel - air mixture is taken in and exhaust gases are let out. This oppos...

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