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Manufactured/Badged by:
Taylor Iron Works & Supply Co.
Macon, GA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Steam and Gas Engines
Machine Type:	Engine, Steam - Stationary
Machine Size:	18" x 24" Valve
Submitted By:	Keith Rucker

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Steam Engine
Date of Manufacturer:	?
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Last Updated	9/18/2010 6:22:11 PM

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This engine was used at the Frank L. Gate Sawmill in Atlanta, GA for many years. The land that the sawmill sat on was purchased by the City of Atlanta in the early 1990's in order to build the Georgia Dome Stadium. When they were forced the shut down, the sawmill was still being powered by this engine, with the steam coming from boilers burning the waste wood from the sawmill. The man who ran the engine said that when they shut it down to build the stadium, it had been running without stop for nearly 20 years straight! I don't know that I believe him, but it makes for a great story...

The engine was donated to the Georgia Museum of Agriculture, removed from the site and relocated to Tifton, GA, where it is on static display near the parking lot of the museum.

The engine has cast into the main frame of the machine "Made by Taylor Iron Works, Macon, GA". However, the valve is clearly marked "Schofield's Iron Works, Macon, GA". These companies were both located in Macon, GA and were both iron foundry's that made steam engines. Schofield's went out of business in the 1940's and was acquired by Taylor. Not sure if this machine was made before of after the merger, but both companies names are on it. Taylor may have just bought the valve gear from Schofield's and put it on one of their engines? If after the merger, maybe they just used the old Schofield's patterns and did not change the name? Who knows...

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