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Title: Re: Richard's Table: Let's All Get Together - Empire Accessories
Post by: St Paul Steam on March 02, 2024, 06:33:35 pm

Quote from: jkbixby on March 02, 2024, 04:50:36 pm

Great collection of Empire accessories - you should be proud!

I agree wholeheartedly, you have some really nice Empire steam goods.

Title: Re: Richard's Table: Let's All Get Together - Empire Accessories
Post by: jkbixby on March 02, 2024, 04:50:36 pm

Great collection of Empire accessories - you should be proud!

Title: Re: Richard's Table: Let's All Get Together - Empire Accessories
Post by: txlabman on March 02, 2024, 01:51:17 pm

Rich:


Great to see your Empire accessory collection.

Thank you for participating in GPU 2024.

Charlie

Title: Re: Richard's Table: Let's All Get Together - Empire Accessories
Post by: RichSteamTx on March 02, 2024, 12:50:45 pm

Thanks guys, I am rather proud of this little collection of Empire accessories.  There is hardly a bad one in the bunch and the coup de grâce is the No.48 Giant Stride Swing.  It cost me "mad" money for sure.  You are also right @Stoker that I know the history on a lot of my Empire items - I love when I am able to know some history.

Like the B-37 large Ferris Wheel (from the eBay seller):
"This was issued (by a representative of Empire) to the Sears Oil Co. gas station (https://www.hpsearsoil.com/). It has never left the family & is being sold for the founder's daughter-in-law. She turned 100 in March of this year."  These were given by salesman to stores that were directly or indirectly a target for steam technology. The smaller version were then released for sale to the public."

Title: Re: Richard's Table: Let's All Get Together - Empire Accessories
Post by: Stoker on March 02, 2024, 11:47:38 am

Super impressive and knowing the source for most all of that makes it even more so!

Well Done Rich ...... well done INDEED!!!

Title: Re: Richard's Table: Let's All Get Together - Empire Accessories
Post by: RedRyder on March 02, 2024, 09:54:22 am

Great show display, Rich..!!!  

Most impressive with both sizes of Empire windmills and Empire ferris wheels among many other great looking pieces!

Also a great video with everything in motion.

Gil

Title: Re: Richard's Table: Let's All Get Together - Empire Accessories
Post by: RichSteamTx on March 02, 2024, 08:24:33 am

Here is a older video where I had all these accessories hooked up to engines :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q74_vkvzFdY

Title: Richard's Table: Let's All Get Together - Empire Accessories
Post by: RichSteamTx on March 02, 2024, 08:24:02 am

Table Update - all my Empire Accessories all together!  I don't think this happens often, if ever, all of Empire's original accessories together.  

No.34 Variable Speed Unit
B-34 Variable Speed Unit
B-34 & Windlass Variable Speed Unit

B-36 Windmill
No.56 Windmill
B-37 Large Ferris Wheel
B-47 Small Windmill
No.48 Giant Stride Swing
No.50 Water Pump
No.51 Buffer & Grinder
No.52 Circular Table Saw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22aNlsAUAXs