ausfire Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I know Quadstate conference is on in Ohio this month. Co-incidentally, I was walking around our scrap paddock and noticed this old boiler. Most of our old steam stuff appears to originate from Lincoln, England, but this one was made in Springfield, Ohio. I guess Ohio was (is) a major centre for steel production in the U.S.It's a long way from home!Anyway, it reminded me of Quadstate. Hope you all have a great time there. Envy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron woodrow Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 looks like a nice james leffell return flue boiler. i can't wait until i can find the time to come up for a squizz and a yarn. i haven't been in that neck of the woods for 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Mate, you're welcome. I'll give you a personal tour.Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron woodrow Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 i would have come up today, but i was on the trail of some steam ploughing engines reputed to be dumped in the johnstone river.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Ohio was quite an industrial state in the 19th century and a lot of stuff got made here; Cleveland on the Great Lakes had Columbian Anvils and Vises made there, Cincinnati on the Ohio River for barge shipping and Ohio's central location made train shipping easy too, (Lima OH made locomotives...and tanks)The Hanging Rock region did produce iron for casting and for conversion into steel with the last charcoal fueled blast furnace going out of blast around WWI (that late as it was a producer of speciality iron high in silicon...) The old coal lands were then snapped up by a paper company(s) and now some of them are parks. (I toured the area when I attended the IronMaster's Conference in Athens OH). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 i would have come up today, but i was on the trail of some steam ploughing engines reputed to be dumped in the johnstone river.... I reckon I know where those steam engines are. Or some similar anyway. A couple of years ago I went on a School of Distance Education camp in that area (just north of Innisfail) and when we took the kids on a trip along the river, there were steam engine wheels sticking out of the mud along the bank. I'll see if I can track down a photo or two. Definitely worth salvaging I thought at the time, but never did anything about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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