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Title
Cooper
Wheel-Mounted
Farm
Engine
Subject
Business and Labor
Agriculture
Engines
Place
Mt. Vernon (Ohio)
Knox County (Ohio)
Description
This
wheel-mounted
farm
engine
was
manufactured
by the
Cooper
Company
of
Mt
.
Vernon
,
Ohio
in
1875
.
It
stands
10.33
feet
(3.14
meters)
tall
,
6
feet
(1.82
meters)
wide
, and
14
feet
(4.26
meters)
long
. This
engine
was
mounted
on
wheels
and was
equipped
with a
tongue
and
double-tree
arrangement
on the
front
axle
to
which
teams
of
horses
could
be
hitched
.
Brakes
were also
added
to the
rear
axle
.
It
could
be
pulled
more
readily
and
safely
than the
earlier
skid-mounted
engine
. The
engine
is
part
of a
collection
that was
named
a
National
Mechanical
Engineering
Heritage
Collection
in
1998
.
Charles
C
.
Cooper
was the
founder
of the
Cooper
Company
. He was
born
in
Mt
.
Vernon
in
1811
, but
moved
to
Zanesville
to
work
in the
coal
and
dairy
business
. He
returned
to
Knox
County
and
Cooper
and his
brother
Elias
opened
a
foundry
in
1833
,
known
as the
Mt
.
Vernon
Iron
Works
. They
began
by
producing
plows
and
castings
, and
expanded
until
its
products
included
threshing
machines
,
saw
mills
and
steam
engines
.
Cooper
was in
business
with
several
of his
brothers
and
other
partners
, but
remained
the
main
figure
in the
company
. By
1881
, the
company's
annual
business
amounted
to
$400,000
. The
Cooper
Company
was a
major
employer
in
Mt
.
Vernon
with
approximately
200
men
employed
by
the1880s
.
Creator
Cooper Company
Date of Original
1875
Collection
Cooper
Company
Collection
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
102285
Submitting Institution
Knox County Historical Society
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1165_1079572_010.tif
Image Height
1814
Image Width
1354
File Size
832.339 KB
Format
picture
;
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