Hugh McAlpine, James Gleason and Henry Ford with Westinghouse Steam Engine No. 345, Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, 1920
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Portable steam engines could be hauled from farm to farm to power grain threshers, sawmills, or corn shellers. While working on a farm in 1882, nineteen-year-old Henry Ford powered this portable Westinghouse engine more effectively than his boss. The accomplishment had a lasting effect. Thirty years later, Ford tracked down, purchased, and restored the memorable steam engine to working condition.
Portable steam engines could be hauled from farm to farm to power grain threshers, sawmills, or corn shellers. While working on a farm in 1882, nineteen-year-old Henry Ford powered this portable Westinghouse engine more effectively than his boss. The accomplishment had a lasting effect. Thirty years later, Ford tracked down, purchased, and restored the memorable steam engine to working condition.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
10 February 1920
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.29371.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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