Manufacturers Index - Lansing Iron & Engine Works Co.
Lansing Iron & Engine Works Co.
Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class:
Wood Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines
Last Modified: Jul 30 2013 12:59PM by joelr4
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Automatic Cut-Off Steam Engine
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Picket Saw Mill
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Operated by Jarvis, Barnes & Co. starting around 1880 as the Lansing Iron Works. The company reoraganized in 1883 as the Lansing Iron & Engine Works and incorporated in 1885 under the same name.
The Lansing Iron & Engine Works was located in Lansing, Michigan and was known to have maufactured portable steam engines (ca 1880's) as well as 4-wheel drive steam traction engines and saw mills.
Information Sources:
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Norbeck, Jack, Encyclopedia of American Steam Traction Engines, Crestline Publishing Inc, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, pgs. 41, 165, & 166.
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American Steam Engine Builders: 1800-1900 by Kenneth L. Cope, 2006 page 139
- Steam Power on the American Farm by Reynold M. Wik, 1953 page 253
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