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"ARTICLES FOR EDUCATION"

By George W. Addison

443 Carl, Winchester, Indiana 47394

Courtesy of Mr. Jim Johannsen, 1616 First St., S.W., Huron, South Dakota

Here is a picture of 2 of Dad's engines. The big one is a 6 HP Galloway and the other is a 2-1/2 HP Economy sold by Sears & Roebuck. The Galloway had seen pretty good care and all that was needed was a new wrist pin and cleaning up and repainting. The 2-1/2 Economy was something else again. We dug it out of a sand bank where it had been lying for many years. Just a corner of the water hopper and flywheel were sticking out of the sand. It was an awful mess but with lots of patience and hand work it was restored to life again. Don't know if we would tackle one that bad again or not. We do our own machine work, welding, painting, stripping and lettering, etc. I guess one could say we are "do it yourselfers...

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