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FLOWER GARDEN ENGINE

By John Derby

3286 Cramlington Drive Gibsonia, Pennsylvania 15044

This natural gas engine was found sitting in a flower garden near the city of Butler, Pennsylvania. I have not been able to find it in C. H. Wendel's book. I have seen many similarities to the design of the engine's base, but nothing that matches the cylinder design. The engine has been shown at the Coolspring Power Museum summer show, the Rough and Tumble Show in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the Drake's Oil Well Museum in Titusville. During all three appearances, nobody could identify the engine. Could you please shed some light as to who might have built it?

Until someone can positively identify the engine, I will take the liberty and call it a prototype. There is no serial number and only one casting number on the crank's throw, C-412. Other than this one casting number, the engine is devoid of any marki...

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