Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company explained

Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company
Industry:	Stationary Engine Manufacturing
Founded:	1881 in Freeport, Illinois, USA
Founder:	D.C. Stover
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Products:	Engines, windmills, drag saws, portable sawmills, water tanks, and feed grinders.

The Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company was created by D.C. Stover in 1881.^[1] An established inventor, he progressed through a profitable windmill business to, in 1895, the manufacture of kerosene and gasoline powered stationary engines for use on the American farm.

History

The Stover company began producing windmills in 1879.News: To Extend Field of Stover Engine . 24 December 2021 . Freeport-Journal Standard . 15 March 1907. It was incorporated in 1881 as the Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company and by 1922 they had 600 employees.^{[2] [3]}

Stover made more than 277,000 engines of various sizes and uses.^[4] Stover licensed some designs to Sears, Roebuck and Co. under the Economy trademark.

Notes and References

1. American Gasoline Engines Since 1872, MBI Publishing, 1999, pp. 489-96.
2. Book: Farm Machinery, Farm Power . 15 March 1922 . Midland Publishing . St. Louis MO . 30 . No. 1572-73 . 23 December 2021.
3. News: To Extend Field of Stover Engine . 24 December 2021 . Freeport-Journal Standard . 15 March 1907.
4. Web site: Keeping Track of Stover Engine Shipping Records . Gas Engine Magazine . Ogden Publications, Inc. . 25 December 2021.