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Hercules Engine NewsThe Economy Family TreeBy Glenn KarchThe Hercules Gas Engine Co. of Evansville, Ind., is usually recognized as the major manufacturer of the Economy brand gas engines that Sears, Roebuck & Co. sold through their mail order catalogs. Sears sold Economy brand engines for over 30 years, but let's start at the beginning. Economy brand engines first show up in the 1908 Sears catalogs. They are listed as being shipped from central Iowa, and they were built by the Waterloo Gas Engine Co., Waterloo, Iowa. Serial numbers for these engines fall between 6,000 and 10,000 and probably less than 1,000 were made for Sears, with other Waterloo engines being co-mingled in this numbers series. The 6,000 serial numbers date into 1907, so Sears was apparently selling the "Waterloo Economy" before it ever appeared in their catalogs. Hopper-cooled engines were built in... 826 of 3468 characters shown.
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