General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD/ GLASS/ METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

353.0 cm

Width

165.0 cm

Height

294.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Power sources

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ROSS

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Brampton

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Taken from the Western Development Museum website: "[Haggert Brothers] originated in 1849 in Brampton, Ontario and operated until 1891, manufacturing a variety of farm machinery including portable steam engines. Its Cornell engine was promoted in the 1883 Farmer’s Advocate as “the most powerful...of any engine made in Canada.” J.M. Ross produced the Cornell after Haggert. This is from an article by Alex Campbell, director of the Manitoba Agricultural Museum, published in Manitoba Co-operator 13 December 2017. https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/country-crossroads/the-peter-and-duncan-henderson-threshing-outfit/ "Prof. J.E. Sweet of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. developed the Cornell portable steam engine design. He licensed the manufacture of the design to Haggert Brothers of Brampton, Ontario. Haggert manufactured the design until 1891 when the company ceased operations. The company was then acquired by the Ross family and manufacture resumed. J.M. Ross and Company manufactured the Cornell in both portable and traction versions and in a variety of sizes: 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 horsepower. J.M. Ross and Company later moved operations to St. Catharines, Ontario and while there obtained the rights to manufacture a Garr-Scott threshing machine design. However, the company ceased operations at some time after that and disappeared."

Function

Unknown

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

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Finish

MOUNTED ON WOODEN WAGON WHEELS, REAR ONES ARE 48" DIA./ FRONT SET HAVE A SHORT TOWING TONGUE/ THE BOILER IS HORIZONTAL/ FIRE BOX AT REAR WITH WATER GLASS AND HAND VALVES/ THE STACK WHICH IS FORWARD, HAS A PARTIAL SCREEN ON TOP/ THE CYLINDER, POP SAFETY VALVE AND GOVENER ARE TO THE FRONT/ AN ARM DRIVE TO THE FLYWHEEL, 39" DIA. AT CENTER TOP/ ATTACHED TO FLYWHEEL IS A 48" WOODEN PULLEY/ GOOD APPEARANCE, TOWING TONGUE BROKEN

Decoration

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