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The above David Denny picture taken May 23, 2005 shows us taking delivery of one electric module for our new Assembly Building, and storing it in our Jack Collins Museum Building. Notice the number 2 above this East end door. This was the second 40 feet x 100 feet, 4,000 square foot -- 12.19 meters x 30.48 meters, 371.6 square meters -- metal building constructed here. Number 1 is visible to the right of the picture, our Clubhouse / Work Shop / Weavers / Show Breakfast Cafe and Bakery Shop. Note the solar photovoltaic collector panels on the roof.

These four pictures also by David Denny. Above left pic was taken November 11, 2005 and is a view inside of our Museum Building taken from the East end looking West. The above right and lower left pictures were taken December 04, 2005, the day we received a very nice transfer from the San Diego Maritime Museum

Above right: (left to right) our recently received donated green and aluminum "Waukesha Octane Engine" CFR F-1 Research (ASTM D 2699) Variable Compression Single Cylinder Engine Compression Adjustable 4:1 to 18:1, Cylinder Bore = 3.250 inches -- 82.55 mm, Stroke = 4.500 inches - 114.3 mm, Displacement = 37.33 cubic inches -- 611.7 cubic centimeters, RPM = 600, Year Built = 1944.

To the right a blue single cylinder spark ignited gas Universal Fisherman marine engine, a circa 1880s Allis Chalmers electric generator, originally driven by a steam engine.

Below left: That red vertical single cylinder steam engine is a circa 1880s? 1890s? G. A Dentzel that originally powered a Dentzel Carousel. The blue British built Thornycroft diesel engine to the right is reputed to have been a spare HMS Queen Mary(1) lifeboat engine. You will also notice an old steel wheel tractor and a pair of Ford T? A? trucks. Lower right: a picture taken January 5, 2006 of the East end of our Museum Building.

I swiped these four pictures above and below from a Danish? Swedish? Static Engine Museum website. They show a built in the USA 1880s generic, meaning sold by a hardware company -- as opposed to a Carousel maker -- Smith & Wells Steam Carousel power unit. Designed to travel, this wagon was hauled on and off circus trains by a team of horses. It was on a wagon like this where our Dentzel steam engine began its life. William H. Dentzel emailed me a VERY small picture of a GA Dentzel wagon that looks similar to this. You can see the vertical boiler in the back. The engine powers the boiler feed water pump plus a Carousel.