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Westinghouse Portable Steam Engine No. 345, Made circa 1881, Used by Henry Ford
1876/1882
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Portable steam engines like this powered grain threshers, sawmills, or corn shellers. Horses pulled them from farm to farm. In 1882, 19-year-old Henry Ford was able to make this engine run well when an older man could not; his first accomplishment in the adult world. Thirty years later Ford tracked down the engine, bought it, and returned it to operating condition.
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- Title: Westinghouse Portable Steam Engine No. 345, Made circa 1881, Used by Henry Ford
- Date Created: 1876/1882
- Location: United States, Michigan, Redford, United States, Pennsylvania, Edinboro, United States, Pennsylvania, McKean
- Subject Keywords: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947, Gleason, John, b. 1845, Agriculture, Farming, Threshing, Portable engines, Steam engines (Engines), Farm equipment
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=22382
- Object Name: Steam engine (Engine)
- Object ID: 13.1.1
- Image ID: THF74886
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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