[AT] Stationary Engineer

[Bo Hinch]

I built a copy of Henry Fords first engine in 2006 which the first site
shows it running . I still have it today .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEQmE5Rt_rQ

A friend , after reading about the engine , contacted me and then built his
own . He wrote up an articial on his and it was published in oldengine.org
 http://www.oldengine.org/members/jbailey/frsteng.htm

It is / was my understanding that BRIGGS built a cheaper form of a motorcar
in the early 1900`s and was going to put Henry Ford out of business . Photo
below .

On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 7:39 AM Mark Johnson <markjohnson100 at centurylink.net>
wrote:

> Metal fatigue was not well understood prior to the 20th century. A good
> many boiler explosions happened because the stay bolts in the boiler
> were repeatedly stressed (something made worse by the often spotty
> quality of pressure gauges) and finally gave way.
>
> The early Mississippi  and Ohio River steamboats often exploded just as
> they were putting on full power to "move out smartly" from the docks.
>
> Does anyone else remember that Henry Ford's first automobile company was
> Cadillac?
>
> Mark J
>
> Columbia MO
>
> On 1/25/2020 9:23 AM, James Peck wrote:
> > 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
> >
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