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Ames Portable Steam Engine
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Stereograph of a portable steam powered engine, outdoors in the woods. The wheels are set on thick planks. The engine is being used to power more machinery in the background where steam is escaping from a pipe. The door to the firebox is open. A workman is sitting on a barrel against a front wheel. Other men are posing between the engine and the machine. Text just above the firebox reads: "Ames Iron Works, Oswego, N.Y., below, No. 3." Text on the reverse: "Stereoscopic Views, -of- Florence and Commonwealth. Harvey's Exploring Eng. -Published By- Wm. Collins. Neenah, - - Wisconsin."
Collins, Wm. (Neenah Wis.)
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WHi 136420
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