It resembles, in a measure, the portable engine of Hoard Bradford, of "Water-town, N. Y., and is something like the one of CharlesMann,ofTroy, N.T. Portable steam engines, we know, interest a ...

Description The first steam engine produced by the J.I. Case Company in 1869, "Old Number One," produced eight horsepower and was used primarily to run threshing machines and sawmills. Its boiler ...

Now, there is nothing which a "small portable steam-engine" can do which may not be done by Ericsson's Calorie Engine, EXCEPT exploding with this shocking destruction of life and limb.

Taylor Manufacturing Co., operational in Chambersburg in the late 1800s, has patents on the portable steam engine and an ice machine/ice cream maker.

Taylor Manufacturing Co., operational in Chambersburg in the late 1800s, has patents on the portable steam engine and an ice machine/ice cream maker.

Local historian Mike Marotte writes about Taylor Manufacturing, which made portable steam engines, boilers, ice machines and more in Chambersburg.

Some of the earliest engines began appearing in fields in the mid-1800s. Wood, coal, and even straw fueled a fire to heat water that generated steam to power the engine. Some farmers bought these ...

Even if a steam engine were not adopted every builder could easily erect a portable crane on the scaffolds and elevate the building materials with it.

Taylor Manufacturing Co., operational in Chambersburg in the late 1800s, has patents on the portable steam engine and an ice machine/ice cream maker.

Taylor Manufacturing Co., operational in Chambersburg in the late 1800s, has patents on the portable steam engine and an ice machine/ice cream maker.