MORE PIECES FOR THE JIGSAW PUZZLE

By Staff
Published on May 1, 1970
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Courtesy of Roy R. Hartman, 32 Maryland Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20028
Courtesy of Roy R. Hartman, 32 Maryland Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20028
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Courtesy of Roy R. Hartman, 32 Maryland Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20028
Courtesy of Roy R. Hartman, 32 Maryland Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20028
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Box 63, College Springs, Iowa 51637.

A few issues back there was mention of the many engines built in
Waterloo, Iowa, and I have a comment to make to the confusion of
the already too complicated data.

While thumbing through a 1904 farm magazine, I noticed two
companies from Waterloo, Iowa, advertising in the same issue. One
was the ‘Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company’ and the other
was the ‘Waterloo Motor Company,’ both building gasoline
engines. I assume the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company survived as
I have a 4 hp. Waterloo manufactured by the Waterloo Gasoline
Engine Co. On later models the engine nameplate read ‘Waterloo
Boy.’ My ‘Waterloo’ looks like the first models of the
‘Waterloo Boy’ that I have seen. Also on page 18 of the
first issue of GEM, 1966, John Hansen of Perth Amboy, N. J., shows
a ‘Waterloo’ engine that I have looked at several times and
scratched my head over. Maybe John could give us more data on this
engine. Is it a Waterloo, Iowa, built engine?

Also I have 2 – 3 hp. Worthington Ingeco engines. In the April,
1914, Gas Review the Ingeco engine is advertised and in later
issues of the Gas Review the company name was given as the
Worth-ington-Ingeco, actually stated as ‘The Ingeco Iron
Works’ a division of ‘The Worthington Pump and Machinery
Co.’ Did Worthington buy out Ingeco and drop their own line or
did they buy out Ingeco and redesign and sell the Worthington,
dropping the old Ingeco design? It appears to me that the latter is
true.

One last comment, on page 4 of issue 6,1969, there is a picture
of a 3 hp. Appleton engine. I have a picture of a 4 hp. Rock Island
which must have been made by the Appleton Mfg. Co. as it looks very
similar. The original owner said it was purchased around 1916. The
question naturally is: at what time did Appleton quit making
engines for Rock Island and when did Alamo take over?

1909 Mitchell owned by Darrell Houstman of Washington, D.C.
Picture taken in October 1965 at the Rockville Antique and Classic
Car Show.

1929 Model ‘A’ Ford owned by Sue and William Bendall,
Jr. of Falls Church, Virginia. Picture taken by Roy in October 1965
at the Rockville Antique and Classic Car Show.

Pictured is an 1918 Economy 7 hp. with a Wico P.K. Magneto. The
engine is mounted on a wagon which has a buzz saw on the back. The
engine was overhauled in the forties and had not been used for
eight years. All that I had to do to start it was to clean the gas
tank and crank.

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