[Thursday] Bob Lindquist Steam Engines

[Michael Thompson]

 From the poster...

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.
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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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