Keck-Gonnerman Co: No 1344

No. 1344. Reg: Q105 EAB.

Built 1913.
Only one of five originally built by the Keck Gonnerman Co, with double side gears, left worldwide.
18 HP.
16 tons.
Double Side Geared Traction Engine.
Ordered on 26th November 1912.
Supplied to Elias S. Kemper of Elberfeld, Indiana, 2nd June 1913.
Worked on farm until 1941 when it was hidden until after the war because of the drive for scrap for the war effort.
Post war, used until 1960's towing a road grader.
It was packed up until sold to a collector in Florida in 1990.
Sold to the UK in 2003.
Since 2003, had a new boiler, firebox, gears, wheels, canopy and tender.^[1]

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