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Springfield Fest 2002

Some 34 Springfield Engines Survive 15 of them were at Last Summer's Coolspring Springfield Fest

By John Davidson

Sitting on its original cart and looking much as it did when it left the Springfield Gas Engine Co. factory some 100 years ago, Ed Johnson's 6 HP Type A Springfield, serial number 3408, was the most original Springfield at the show. The Type A's unique overhead camshaft running perpendicular to the cylinder is clearly visible. Just visible on the left side of the camshaft is the cam's bevel drive, which mates to the engine's inclined sideshaft, which runs back and downward to the crankshaft.

If you didn't make it to the June 2002 Coolspring Power Museum Show in Coolspring, Pa., you missed the largest collection of Springfield gas engines ever seen at one time since the Springfield Gas Engine Co. of Springfield, Ohio, closed its doors some 100 years ago...

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