Mills Portable Steam Engine, circa 1878

Artifact

Steam engine (Engine)

Date Made

circa 1878

Creators

Fishkill Landing Machine Company 

Mills, Emory W. 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, Fishkill 

Creator Notes

Manufactured by Fishkill Landing Machine Co. based on a patented design by Emory W. Mills.

Keywords

Steam engines (Engines) 

Portable engines 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

28.577.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Iron (Metal)
Brass (Alloy)

Color

Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 99 in

Width: 63 in

Length: 124 in

Wheelbase: 83 in

Diameter: 41 in

Horsepower: 10 hp  (7.46 kW)

Inscriptions

Brass plate on left side towards front marked: FISHKILL LANDING / MACHINE CO. / FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON / N.Y. Front has small brass finial and is marked: FISHKILL LANDING / MACHINE CO. / FISHKILL LANDING / NEW YORK. Small round door to fire box in rear marked: MILLS / ENGINE. 10 H.P.