More to come.
I posted two photos for the steam up today not sure why they're not coming across.
I'll make a video later in the week and attach it
Congrats, Jack! It's a great catch for your collection.!
Ahhhhh .... but to dream!
Very nice acquisition, that would certainly put a permanent smile on the face of any Jensen aficionado!!!
Dare I say it? All hail "King of the Jensen hunters" (at least for 2020 year-to-date)!
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The generator, if original says 1950's.... more specifically 1952 and after.
I have the same issue with mine that is the one in the Jensen museum and archives. It also has the 3 piece magnet and is listed there as 1949.
Like yours, it has the 2 rubber pigtails coming out of the chimney stand and a cloth cord off the bakelite socket. It turns out that Tom Sr. put out riveted boiler #50's up into the mid to late 1950's and then 1 more in the 1960's that was the first ever Jensen to have 3 heaters and is the only riveted boiler #50 with a copper brick firebox and chimney stand.
Congrats on the new buy! Looking forward to seeing the video
Jack, very nice and rare acquisition. You have a wonderful Jensen collection
Hey Gil,
I agree. Could it be a 49 yea. But I agree with you and others that it is more likely a 1952. Three piece magnet after 51 and having a Jensen decal instead of name plate. I'm checking with Steve Tyner to see when Tom Jensen transitioned from the decal to the name plates. Anyone here been able to pin the switch down to a year or series of years?
Brass tags appeared in the late 1940's on the #20 Big Power Plants with horseshoe generators both blue and red.
All the brass tags on all Collector series Jensens which include styles #20, 55, 50 were all made as #20 tags and the 20 was scraped off or X'd over and re-stamped with a 55 or 50. In other words, all the brass tags for all 55's for 20 years were re-stamped #20 tags.
Decals were used on number 50's from the very beginning up through the mid to late 1950's. Brass tags were used on #50's beginning late 1950's or 1960. My 1960 #50 confirms the use of a re-stamped #20 brass tag as does the first 50 with 3 heaters from the early 1960's. Bill's 1940's #50's, 1 red horse shoe and 1 blue horse shoe all have decals.
The chicken barn 50 from the mid to late 1960's and before immersion heaters has an aluminum tag correctly stamped.
The earliest #55 we have seen came from Nick and belongs to Bill. It is a 1940's piece with a solid wood base, re-stamped brass tag, and cloth cord.
Jack, is this the other one from the same family?
Gil
Yes great information to know. Thank you.