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McCormick-Deering Engine
November 26, 1923
Motorized water pump powered by a 1.5 H.P. McCormick-Deering engine on the farm of Walter Stange(?).
Engine Powered Water Pump
1916
Water pump hooked up to a Mogul stationary engine outside a small stone farm building. Water flows from pump into building through small piping running from the pump through a wall.
Stationary Engine and Water Pump
1915
A stationary engine (possibly a Mogul) in a small wooden shed is used to power a belt-driven water pump positioned nearby. A small wood sign reads 'private' over the top of the shed door.
Engine-Powered Water Pump
October 1923
A 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine powering a water pump outside of a building on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
McCormick-Deering Engine
September 12, 1923
A man uses a 1 1/2 H.P. McCormick-Deering engine to pump water and run a grindstone.
Engine-Powered Water Pump
1920
An International stationary engine powers a water pump outside a brick building, possibly a school. There is a cat on the left near the pump.
