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November/December 2001
Anna Mae 
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Creed Photo #9: This illustration shows an 11 HP Westinghouse with the boiler removed. It only took removal of four bolts in the boiler angle plates and disconnecting the steam and exhaust pipes to remove the boiler.

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Creed Photo #10: Illustration of Westinghouse's unique boiler, on which the upper section could be removed for complete cleaning of the boiler.

Shepard 30-98 single-cylinder engine. Photograph #6 is a catalog illustration of a Nichols-Shepard double-cylinder 35 HP plow engine. This was one of Howard Wade's favorite engines built by Nichols-Shepard Co.

'Recently I acquired a 1902 Westinghouse catalog and noted several features you will find interesting as compared to the more common fire tube locomotive-type boiler. Westinghouse used a water tube boiler, which could be removed from the frame by taking out four bolts and the steam and exhaust pipes. The boilers were made in two parts, which could be unbolted to clean the inside of the boiler or replace the tubes. I hope you will enjoy the differences this catalog illustrates.'

Editor's note: Our sister publication, Farm Collector, published an article on Westinghouse engines in the Sept. 2001 issue.

12 HP Greencastle

Fred Hammond of Chambersburg, Pa., sent in these photos he took of an 1885 12 HP Greencastle steam traction engine at the Cumberland Valley Antique Engine & Machinery Association

Spring Fling show in 2000. The engine, believed to be the only one in existence, is owned by Willis Abel. Greencastle engines were made by the Crowell Manufacturing Company, Greencastle, Pa. It is believed that 12 of these engines were built. Crowell went into receivership in the late 1890s, and around 1901 the Geiser Manufacturing Company of Waynesboro, Pa., bought the Crowell factory to build engines and tractors.

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