[AT] Stationary Engineer

[James Peck]

This old article on boiler explosions seems to not call them out as traction engines. Maybe the term was not being used yet. 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/steam-boilers-are-exploding-everywhere/

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.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-leaves-edison-to-start-automobile-company