Port Huron Steam Traction Engine, "Longfellow," 1916
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Artifact Overview
The late 19th to early 20th centuries saw huge steam engines like this used for threshing grain. They could move over the roads under their own power. Individual farmers generally did not own such machines. Rather, men made a business of moving from farm to farm, threshing grain during harvest time. Joseph Freund of Westphalia, Michigan, bought this machine in 1917 and used it to power a Port Huron "Rusher" thresher-separator in Clinton and Ionia Counties, Michigan.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Steam traction engine
Date Made
22 December 1916
Place of Creation
Location
at Greenfield Village in Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
Object ID
94.0.8.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Red
Dimensions
Height: 120 in
Width: 96 in
Length: 228 in
Weight: 17200 lb
Horsepower: 19 hp (48.47 kW - Draw Bar Horsepower)
Horsepower: 65 hp (164.05 kW - Belt Horsepower)
Speed: 240 rpm (0.11 Hz)
Diameter: 6.5 in (Bore)
Diameter: 9.75 in (Bore)
Length: 16.5 in (Stroke)
Inscriptions
Location not specified: No7920
Location not specified: PORT HURON E & T Co
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