This portable steam engine, named the “Eclipse,” was built by the Frick Company in 1877. The portable steam engine was a self-propelling, steam-powered mechanism that could be utilized in fields, ...

Engraved handbill: Chaplin's patent portable steam engines and boilers, c. 1875. Advert for steam crane, with scene of one at work on the International Exhibition building of 1862 Engraved handbill: ...

Downtown Meridian is the place to be this Friday and Saturday for those who would like to see history come to life.The Soulé ...

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You know, Franklin County presently and as well in the past has had some very distinct manufacturers. Today we'll see how two brothers, James E. Taylor and George A. Taylor, by buying a couple of ...

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Franklin County over the years has had some very distinct manufacturers. Brothers James E. Taylor and George A. Taylor bought a couple manufacturing companies and, with commitment and hard work, went ...