SOUTH PENN SPECIAL
The South Penn Special half breed engine was built by South Penn near Clarksburg, WV. It pairs their cylinder with an Oil City Boiler Works frame. It produced 20 hp and pumped an oil well near Dutchman Run, WV. It arrived in 2013 and is displayed in honor of Les Neely, an oil pumper from the area near Morgantown, WV.
PHILLIPS - F
& T
This half breed engine uses a Farrar & Trefts frame and
wheel, made in Buffalo, NY, with a cylinder made by T. W. Phillips of
Butler, PA. The Phillips was
a two-cycle uniflow cylinder using a cross over valve near the head as
seen in the photo. It is
mounted on a hand hewn timber and was used near Chicora, PA.
BESSEMER - F & T
This engine has an early Bessemer cylinder, built in Grove City, PA, and
featuring their pendulum hit and miss governor.
The frame is a Farrar and Trefts “trough” style.
Bessemer is credited of designing the first half breed conversion
in 1898. This soon became
extremely popular selling kits.
OIL WELL SUPPLY -
GIBBS AND STERRETT
This engine has a two-cycle Oil Well Supply gas cylinder mounted on an
early (1880s) box bed Gibbs and Sterrett frame.
It was made in Corry, PA and features a completely flat frame
that the cross head and main bearings bolt onto.
It was used near Sheffield, PA.