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Ontario Wind Stickney 16hp Stationary Engine

Date1912
Dimensions360 cm long x 200 cm wide x 240 cm high (142" long x 79" wide x 94" high)
2225 kg (4900 lbs)
Object numberR.1984.001.0147
CollectionReynolds-Alberta Museum Collection
Description

In 1903 Stickney entered the farm engine market with the 3 HP Stickney Junior, which was marketed by Sears & Roebuck as the Harvard engine. In August 1905 Stickney announced their new line of gas engines. Stickney engines were distributed in Canada by the Ontario Wind and Pump Engine Company, through Branch houses in Toronto and Winnipeg.

This engine was used for threshing near Hardisty, Alberta.

Engine: Horizontal, single-cylinder, water-cooled
Bore and Stroke: 241.3 x 304.8 mm (9.5 x 12 in)
Power: 11.93 kW (16hp)  

More Information

Production dates for Stickney engines after 1913 aren't certain. Although the company stopped making engines in 1913, it's believed that until 1920 the company continued putting engines together from leftover inventory, stamping the serial number when the engine was sold. 

Chronology:
1899 - Charles A. Stickney Company founded in St. Paul, Minnesota, and maufactured gas engines
1910 - The Stickney gasoline engine was being manufactured under license by the Preston Iron Works
1915 - Stickney Company is bought out by B.W. Harris and converted into a war munitions factory

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