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Rockin' Superior at Mt. PleasantAfter a Life Working In Montana, a Giant of the Oil Fields Retires In IowaBy Madeline ClareStarting air tank on the Superior proudly lists the people who made the restoration possible. Wilbur Swartzendruber of Wellman, Iowa, wants the story of his family's 1920 Superior gas engine on the record. "It's a 40-60 Superior," Wilbur says, "with two 5-1/2-foot, cast-iron flywheels with spokes. It starts on air and runs on LP gas. At 300 revolutions, it produces 40 HP; at 350 revolutions, it produces 50 HP; and at 400 revolutions, it produces 60 HP." The engine, now permanently stored at the Old Threshers showgrounds in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, was manufactured in 1920 in Springfield, Ohio, by the Superior Gas Engine Co., and spent its working life in Montana, simultaneously pumping two oil wells. Wilbur says he thinks it was located n... 824 of 3455 characters shown.
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