This engine was built by the women of the "Rosie the Riveter" group in Chicago, during WWII at the International Harvester Plant. It has no brass or copper since they were all used for munitions for the war effort.
It was shipped to Sough Georgia, where it pumped water for more than fifty years.
The timber is central Florida swamp wood. Wheels from an old saw mill, and churns from white Mountain, New Hampshire.
Chrstine
The little engines are lovely. I like their sounds too.
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