[SEL] Thompson engines or Thompson Tiger

[Joe Prindle]

Thompson engines were built by J. Thompson & Sons. Thompson got into the
business very early and built some large double acting industrial engines,
gasifiers and water pumping outfits for municipalities. I don't know of
any paper on them.
Thompson Tigers were built in the teens and were sold under the Thompson
name, the Woodmanse name and also under the UMA name by United
Manufacturer's Association. 
One fellow that might have some information on them is a guy by the name
of Tom Enderson, of Jim Falls, WI. Tom is a retired pipefitter who worked
construction, and when he was working away from home he occupied his free
time by going to the library in whatever town he was staying in and going
through the newspapers. Beats going to the saloon. Tom is a wealth of
knowledge on Wisconsin built engines and has owned some pretty obscure
stuff over the years. I do not know if he is online or not, but you should
be able to get his telephone number through Yahoo and then give him a
call. I have learned a few things from him and find him to be very cordial
and willing to share what he knows.
ANother collector you might try is Kevin Behnke, in Wausau, WI. Kevin has
an incredible collection of paper and is also a wealth of knowledge. I
have never talked about Thompsons with him, but the chances are good that
if he doesn't know a lot about them, he could tell you who does. Kevin
just might have some paper. You can tell either of them that I gave you
their names, they won't hang up on you for doing so!
It would be nice to see a picture of your Thompson, they are nice engines
and quite desirable around here since they are one of the more obscure
Wisconsin built engines.
So nice to have the list back up and running. I don't post much, but I do
enjoy reading it and missed is when it was down.
Later,
Joe
--- Alec Stevens <ajs at newenglandfinancial.biz> wrote:
> Anyone out there have info on these engines?????????????
> Mine is a dual ported aircooled engine with all the stufff on the wrong
> side, like a Gilson, These were made in Beloit Wis. , about 40 miles
> from
> the Gilson plant
>  Bob B. from the list says they were similar but different, If there are
> any
> reprints of catalogs etc. that anyone knows about , It would be of great
> help to me , Tks
> Alec J. Stevens
> Investment Specialist
> 80 Leighton Road, Suite C
> Falmouth, ME 04105
> (800)842-6669
> (207)797-5169
> (207)797-2819


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