[SEL] Another Hunk of Junk

[Curt]

Tommy,
Very nice piece, especially with the governor sitting up high.
At the front of the water jacket is a boss. On your engine photos it 
looks like it is plugged.
On the ads it looks like there is a fancy compression release in that 
location or perhaps a thermostat? Do you know what it is?
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC

Judge Tommy Turner wrote:

> Just got this one.  It needs some TLC but it will be worth the work.  
> This is an early "Sumner" engine.  Later they were tagged "F.M. 
> Watkins".  I don't know all the details but evidently Sumner began 
> building the engines in Covington, KY.  Watkins either bought the 
> company or bought the rights to manufacture the engine.  Watkins 
> continued to make them in KY for a period of time after the 
> acquisition.  Here are a couple of photos of the engine and then some 
> accompanying info:
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> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=31718302&p=71496722&f=0 
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> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=31718302&p=71496724&f=0 
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> Here is an 1895 Sumner Ad:
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> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=31718302&p=71497336&f=0 
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> Here is an 1899 Watkins Ad (I think they used the Sumner engine 
> engraving from '95):
>
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=31718302&p=71497338&f=0 
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