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John Dolbeer (March 12, 1827 – August 17, 1902) was a partner in the Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., one of the early major Humboldt County, California lumber operations based in Eureka. While in that business, he invented the logging engine, more commonly known as the steam donkey or donkey engine. This invaluable equipment, especially with ...
The railroad's other steam engine, 2-4-2T #5, is currently in storage at the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway in Jackson, Missouri and pending further restoration. [ 17 ] As for the CO&E Railroad's first diesel switcher, SW1200 #1147, it only spent three years on the shortline before it was returned to Precision National in 1989 ...
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park is a California state park, located in Eureka, California, United States.Its displays interpret the former U.S. Army fort, which was staffed from 1853 to 1870, the interactions between European Americans and Native Americans in roughly the same period, logging equipment and local narrow gauge railroad history of the region.
Illinois Central 2613 was a 4-8-2 "Mountain" type 2600 class steam locomotive built in April 1943 by the Illinois Central Railroad's Paducah Shops in Paducah, Kentucky.No. 2613 and its classmates were the most powerful 4-8-2 locomotives ever built.
steam powered water-jet propulsion James Rumsey (1743 – December 21, 1792) was an American mechanical engineer chiefly known for exhibiting a boat propelled by machinery in 1787 on the Potomac River at Shepherdstown in present-day West Virginia before a crowd of local notables, including Horatio Gates .
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The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum (AGSEM) is a living history museum founded in 1969. It is located on 55 acres (220,000 m 2) of county-owned land at 2040 N Santa Fe Ave. on the outskirts of Vista, California. The museum is a non-profit 501c(3) organization, run by several paid employees along with volunteer help.