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The Atlas Engine News

By Glenn Karch

20601 Old State Road, Haubstadt, Indiana 47639

The Hercules Engine News has been interrupted to bring you a story about another Indiana gas engine company. The Atlas Engine Works of Indianapolis, USA began manufacturing industrial and commercial steam engines and boilers back in the 1870s. Toward the end of the century they, like many others, entered into the gas engine business. Design work was being done on gas engines in 1897 and by early 1898 patterns were being made with gas engine production beginning later that year.

History regarding Atlas gas engine production is scarce. There is some information in the Indiana Historical Library, but is related to steam only. A full-page ad in the June 1906 McClure's Magazine shows an Atlas horizontal gas engine. The ad states that 2 to 5 HP vertical engines were available, along with 6 to 24 HP in the horizontal style. The ad...

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