Gas Engines

Gas Engine Prony Break

Dr. David Cave

3 HP Homemade Hit-and-Miss Gas Engine

Five generations of Swedbergs have been involved with gasoline engines. The late Jerry Swedberg said, “It all started with Mom, Helen Swedberg. I can remember her pulling out a 1-1/2hp John Deere stationary engine to wash clothes every Monday, and then pulling it back to pump water for the cows the rest of the week. […]

Yoder's Rare Antique Engines

Fred Hendricks

Coolspring Power Museum Air Blast Injection Building Update

Birth of a Dream

Goes and Goes Right: New Way Collection

Big Bore: 1907 1,100 hp Snow See how the Northwest Michigan Engine and Threshers Club rescues a titan of an engine, a 1,100hp engine by Snow Steam Pump Works Buffalo, NY.

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Timeline of the Fairbanks-Morse Z Engine A look at the development of the Fairbanks-Morse Z engines from 1916 to 1944.

The Maytag Family of Two-Cycle Engines The Maytag Company

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Gas Engines Company History

R&V A Factory Reborn

Many of the gasoline engines we collect today are more than 100 years old. A few original factory buildings where the engines were manufactured are still standing, though threats of fire, decay, and urban renewal claim more of them each year. As a collector, I find it more interesting when I know the history of […]

The Series F Binder Engines

Errol Gelhaar

Field Brundage Co. History - Part 2

The Marinette Engine Story, Part 1

Fairfield Engine Company History

Collections

The Little Engines that Could

Joseph Covais: Barn Find Hunter

Young Iron Revisited: Following In His Grandfather’s Footsteps

Steinhoff’s Seven Engine Trailer

Christine Stoner

Company History

Field Brundage Co. History: Part 1