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Wisconsin Engine Co.
Initially the engine was sold under the “Sargent” tradename. Subsequently this was changed to the “Wisconsin” engine, and by 1912 had acquired the “Adams” tradename. Designed especially for electric generator use, these engines featured volume governing, and were available only in large sizes – the engine illustrated here was rated at 65 horsepower. When the company went into voluntary bankruptcy about 1912, Edward A. Rumely began negotitations to acquire the firm. Rumely had even gone so far as to begin an advertising campaign for the Rumely-Adams engine. Due to the trafic death of his negotitator form the Wisconsin Engine COmpany, the deal fell through, and Rumely-Adms engines evaporated into thin air.
history
From all appearances, Wisconsin Engine Company began their operation at Corliss about 1908. There is every reason to believe that prior to this move, the company operated in Chicago, Illinois, under the title of Sargent Engineering Company. The Patent Office Gazette notes Patent 795,236 being issued to Charles E. Sargent on July 18, 1905, and immediately assigned to the latter firm. However, Patent No. 961,648 of June 14, 1910 was also issued to Sargent – in fact on the application date of July 18, 1908, Sargent is listed as a resident of Corliss, Wisconsin.
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