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On the Square

By Tired Iron

Russell Ginnow, 3125 West Fisk Ave., R. 3, Oshkosh, Wis. 54901

On the square in Berlin, Wisconsin is where Johnson & Fortnum made gasoline engines.

In 1870 Niels Johnson started a machine shop and had been experimenting with steam engines. About 1900 he began to develop a 3 cylinder gasoline engine. Unfortunately he died before it was completely successful. In 1900 a Mr. T. H. (Tim) Fortnum married Niels Johnson's daughter and went into business with his father-in-law, calling it Johnson & Fortnum Machine Works. After Niels Johnson's death Mr. T. H. Fortnum successfully developed a one cylinder gasoline engine. This style engine was made from about 1903 or 1904 until WWI. Since none were made after this, they are rather rare.

All this information was gathered from T. H. Fortnum's son, Mr. Niels Fortnum, who with his son, Dick, are still in business in the same ...

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