Saturday, October 06, 2012
The bottom image is the FRICTION CLUTCH CENTER CRANK TRACTION engine that would drive the Ironsides Agitator Separator.
Can’t you imagine the racket?! With a full head of steam, running all out, the governor spinning, its “balls to the wall,” and a whistle ready to cut through the din in case of emergency or “dinner time,” harvest days would have been anything but peaceful.
