[Thursday] Fwd: Bob Lindquist Steam Engines

[Terry Gmail]

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> Bob Lindquist was on the board of the museum for many years. I have wondered what became of him. I suspect all contact information was directed to Bob and Nancy. He was a great guy with a long career in the railroad business. 
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> It would be interesting to know if he provided for shipping and other care for the engines in his will. 
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> He was the person that appraised the Greene engine for the museum when it was donated. 
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>> On Jan 21, 2019, at 6:18 PM, Michael Thompson via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
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>> From the poster...
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>> The best thing to do is to talk directly to the person who asked me.  Carl Bloom.  570-316-7168. He was Lindquist's caretaker and will know how to get ahold of the attorney.
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>>> On Jan 21, 2019, at 5:35 PM, Ernie <ernie176 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I agree with Randy.  The boiler is certainly interesting.
>>> 
>>> Nescopeke,PA is about 6 hours from here on a good day.  
>>> 
>>> The odd thing is these sound like the engines in Rowe, MA.  
>>> They are a Fitchburg with direct connected alternator and another big/er engine that is not a Fitchburg but a Vim.
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> On Mon, 1/21/19, Randall Snow via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
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>>> Subject: Re: [Thursday] Bob Lindquist Steam Engines
>>> To: "Michael Thompson" <michael.99.thompson at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: "Thursday Group" <Thursday at newsm.org>
>>> Date: Monday, January 21, 2019, 5:01 PM
>>> 
>>> I've never heard
>>> a word about this. My first thought was they had bad contact
>>> info, perhaps Fred's email. But if 3 museums are in the
>>> mix and nothing happened, then I would guess they never
>>> actually try to contact anyone. Let's see if Ken or
>>> anyone has knowledge of it and reach back out to them. The
>>> boiler in particular could be of great long-term usage to
>>> us.
>>> On Mon, Jan 21,
>>> 2019, 4:19 PM Michael Thompson via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org
>>> wrote:
>>> This just was received through the NEWSM Facebook
>>> page.
>>> In July of 2017
>>> Robert Lindquist of Nescopek, PA, died and willed a few
>>> stationary steam engines and a boiler to engine groups. His
>>> estate was instructed to offer them to the Connecticut
>>> Antique Machinery Association, New England Wireless and
>>> Steam Museum, and Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical
>>> Association. A friend of his asked me if I knew what is
>>> happening as the engines and boiler are still sitting there
>>> at Lindquist's former property. I told him I'd ask
>>> each museum if they have been offered the pieces and if they
>>> plan to pursue them. Does any of this sound like something
>>> NEWSM is involved with? We're worried that nobody wants
>>> them and the estate's lawyer might then scrap them, etc,
>>> but we want to check with the three organizations that the
>>> equipment was offered to before approaching the lawyer.
>>> Maybe something is in the works and we don't need to
>>> talk to him? You'd probably remember if NEWSM was
>>> offered these. The two big engines are both Fitchburgs. One
>>> is a belt drive engine, I'm guessing with a ten or
>>> twelve foot flywheel, and the other is directly connected to
>>> a dynamo. The boiler is at least 100 HP and a modern package
>>> boiler, oil or gas fired, and working when Lindquist died in
>>> 2017. Everything is under a canopy. I am looking forward to
>>> hearing back.  
>>> 
>>> Did we ever discuss these
>>> engines?
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