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Quast Gas Engine Co.
Bucyrus, OH; Stasburg, IL, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Steam and Gas Engines

History

Last Modified: Dec 23 2019 4:28PM by joelr4
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Founded about 1894 in Bucyrus, OH, by Charles Quast. The firm dissolved and resumed operations in Strasburg, IL in 1895.

The principals in the Strasburg firm were G. W. Gwin, J. N. Storm and Charles Quast.

Information Sources

American Gasoline Engines Since 1872, by C. H. Wendel, Volume #1, 1983 page 403
Engineering News and American Railway Journal, Volume 34, 12 Sept. 1895, pg. 80.

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