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Antique Engine Database
Alberger Gas Engine Co
Big engines were the specialty of Alberger Company. A 1907 article in Power magazine illustrated this twin tandem engine. Built along the same general lines as the single style, the twin obviously packed lots of power. Despite many references to the Buffalo engines, nothing can be found regarding the various sizes available. It is known that the 125-horsepower single used a 17 x 19 inch broe and stroke with a rated speed of 200 RPM. the twin shown here was presumably built in sizes ranging upward from 250 horsepower. Buffalo engines were built under the protection of U.S. Patents 757,064 (1904), 818,714 (1906), and others.
history
About 1901 the “buffalo” engines began appearing. Of tandem single-acting design, these engines gave a powerful impulse at every resolution. Make-and-break ignition was used – the timing of each ignitor could be regulated while the engine was operating. A Rited inertia governor was featured. A 125-horsepower Buffalo engine similar to the unit shown here was displayed at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.
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