[Thursday] Bob Lindquist Steam Engines

[Ernie]

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.
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On Mon, 1/21/19, Randall Snow via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:

 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?
 -- 
 Michael Thompson
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