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This 19th century engine is real easy to operate. All you have to do is get a good fire going, then wait about 45 minutes for it to heat up. What's the point? Pumping water to wherever you want it before the advent of electricity.
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Designed and built in England in 1832, this steam engine originally ran a dye factory.

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An early "hit or miss" gasoline engine

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A turn-of-the-century Crossley Model TE gas engine.

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Jay’s steam engine is an original similar to those pioneered by American designer, William Wright sometime around the 1860s - when Lincoln was president. William Wright is considered to be one of the most significant American steam engine designers of the 19th century.


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The Civil War has just ended. The rift between North and South has left the country drained, torn, and bloodied. President Lincoln is set to enjoy a relaxing evening of theater. And some of the best engineering minds in the nation are hard at work designing an 11-ton steam engine to churn out 125 horsepower to power an arclight generator at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.


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