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The History of the SILBERZAHN GAS ENGINE COMPANY

By Gary Kmiecik

911 Carney Blvd. Marinette, Wisconsin 54143

Remember when rated horsepower meant rated horsepower, and the word "develops," was used to talk about their growing adolescent children? These were the days of the transformation, from horse power to mechanical horsepower. When parts were sand-cast, and steel was heated red hot and beat with a hammer on an anvil to the shape and size needed; no Kmart at the mall to pickup their hardware supplies. The year is 1904, the place is Marinette, Wisconsin, and this is the story of the Silberzahn Gas Engine Company.

Mid-1904, Silberzahn Gas Engine Company is started. john Silberzahn leases the Marinette Iron Works manufacturing plant, with the option to buy. July 22, 1907, Marinette Iron Works Manufacturing Company absorbs the Silberzahn Gas Engine Company. The holders have transferred every...

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