From the pages of the April 1967 Engineers and Engines Magazine is a page reprinted from an old catalog. The purpose of the upper engine can be deduced by reading the fine print: "Capacity ample to supply 150 horse power Boiler." This engine is a feed water pump to supply a boiler.The lower engine's purpose is more obvious; it is a hoisting engine. This type of engine is educational by virtue of the very visible reversing gear. You can see an engine similar to this one in operation at Midwest Old Threshers.
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