Portable Steam Engine
Charles Perrigo & Co. ; Groton, NY
Valve, Slide; Boiler, Locomotive; Groton Farm power; Threshing
Box on right side toward rear marked: TOOL AND WATER/BOX/WATER. Marked on left side towards front: CHARLES PERRIGO & CO./MANUFACTURERS/GROTON, N. Y . Builder's plate on left side towards rear: 1884/GROTON ENGINE/NO.175. Marked in front: CHAS. PERRIGO & CO, GROTON, TOMPKINS CO. N.Y./MANUFACTURERS.
Groton Portable Steam Engine. Black with brass fittings. Wooden wheels painted gray, front and rear 8 felloes, 16 spokes, metal hubs and tires. Perforated metal shaped seat on front right side of horizontal boiler on wide metal support, wooden footboard below. Metal rod brake lever at foot of seat. Five pointed stars appear in four places. Heavy metal box on right side towards rear marked on lid: TOOL AND WATER/ BOX / WATER. Marked on left side towards front: CHARLES PERRIGO & CO.,/ MANUFACTURERS/ GROTON, N. Y .Marked on left side towards rear: 1884/ GROTON ENGINE/ NO.175. Marked in front: CHAS. PERRIGO & CO, GROTON, TOMPKINS CO. N.Y./ MANUFACTURERS. Metal handle on firebox in rear. Diameter of wheels: front -40"; rear- 48". Found: Bath, NY
Related photographs: 679408 and 679409, Illustrations from 1887 Charles Perrigo & Company catalog.
Builder's plate screwed to left side of firebox. (JCL 4/28/97)
EXHIBIT LABEL: PERRIGO PORTABLE ENGINE. A 12-HORSEPOWER STEAM THRESHING ENGINE MADE BUY CHARLES PERRIGO & COMPANY, GROTON, NEW YORK, 1884. The "Groton" is a slide-valve, side-crank engine mounted on a locomotive-style boiler. It was advertised as having a perfectly balanced crank, thus reducing friction and vibration. The engine's speed was regulated by the popular Pickering steam governor, originally patented in 1862. Founded in 1849 by Charles and Lyman Perrigo as the Groton Iron Works, the firm manufactured agricultural implements as well as a spoke planing machine patented by Lyman Perrigo. A merger with the Groton Separator Works in the 1870s produced the Groton Manufacturing Company. During the 1880s Charles Perrigo & Co. manufactured steam engines, threshing machinery and iron bridges. This latter activity became the sole concern of the company, which was known as the Groton Bridge Manufacturing Company after 1887.
From the collections of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
Charles Perrigo & Co. ; Groton, NY
Valve, Slide; Boiler, Locomotive; Groton Farm power; Threshing
Box on right side toward rear marked: TOOL AND WATER/BOX/WATER. Marked on left side towards front: CHARLES PERRIGO & CO./MANUFACTURERS/GROTON, N. Y . Builder's plate on left side towards rear: 1884/GROTON ENGINE/NO.175. Marked in front: CHAS. PERRIGO & CO, GROTON, TOMPKINS CO. N.Y./MANUFACTURERS.
Groton Portable Steam Engine. Black with brass fittings. Wooden wheels painted gray, front and rear 8 felloes, 16 spokes, metal hubs and tires. Perforated metal shaped seat on front right side of horizontal boiler on wide metal support, wooden footboard below. Metal rod brake lever at foot of seat. Five pointed stars appear in four places. Heavy metal box on right side towards rear marked on lid: TOOL AND WATER/ BOX / WATER. Marked on left side towards front: CHARLES PERRIGO & CO.,/ MANUFACTURERS/ GROTON, N. Y .Marked on left side towards rear: 1884/ GROTON ENGINE/ NO.175. Marked in front: CHAS. PERRIGO & CO, GROTON, TOMPKINS CO. N.Y./ MANUFACTURERS. Metal handle on firebox in rear. Diameter of wheels: front -40"; rear- 48". Found: Bath, NY
Related photographs: 679408 and 679409, Illustrations from 1887 Charles Perrigo & Company catalog.
Builder's plate screwed to left side of firebox. (JCL 4/28/97)
EXHIBIT LABEL: PERRIGO PORTABLE ENGINE. A 12-HORSEPOWER STEAM THRESHING ENGINE MADE BUY CHARLES PERRIGO & COMPANY, GROTON, NEW YORK, 1884. The "Groton" is a slide-valve, side-crank engine mounted on a locomotive-style boiler. It was advertised as having a perfectly balanced crank, thus reducing friction and vibration. The engine's speed was regulated by the popular Pickering steam governor, originally patented in 1862. Founded in 1849 by Charles and Lyman Perrigo as the Groton Iron Works, the firm manufactured agricultural implements as well as a spoke planing machine patented by Lyman Perrigo. A merger with the Groton Separator Works in the 1870s produced the Groton Manufacturing Company. During the 1880s Charles Perrigo & Co. manufactured steam engines, threshing machinery and iron bridges. This latter activity became the sole concern of the company, which was known as the Groton Bridge Manufacturing Company after 1887.
From the collections of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village