[AT] Stationary Engineer

[Mark Johnson]

I have also heard of some jurisdictions calling them "operating 
engineers" - Wisconsin, for one, used that title, at least through the 
1960s.

Mark J

On 12/29/2019 9:21 PM, James Peck wrote:
> According to the old tractor publications, Henry Ford tended a stationary steam engine used in threshing when a teenager. Many US states and authorities having jurisdiction license people who operate boilers as Stationary Engineers.  You can move a stationary engine of the wheeled type used in threshing with horses or a tractor.
>
> Henry Ford worked at Detroit Edison, moving into more of a steam powered generator technical/supervisory role, and that could be how he got the Engineer designation. Interesting to see that at DTE he was on call and could spend a lot of his other time on auto development.
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> https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-leaves-edison-to-start-automobile-company
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> https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a15629/conrad-milster-pratt-institute-engineer-documentary/
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> The magazine, Live Steam, used to feature a man named Conrad Milster who had gone from being a stationary engineer to docent of a steam power generating plant turned into a museum.
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> https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-and-history/conrad-milster-interview-him-after-power-plant-369012/
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> https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a15629/conrad-milster-pratt-institute-engineer-documentary/
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