Pa · tience pa-shen(t)s n: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

摘要

The saga of this engine has spread over 10 years, with several engines and tractors in between. In early 1993, a good friend showed me a beautiful sideshaft, 8-1/2-inch bore and 16-inch stroke 20 HP Saint Mary's Machine Co. engine. The engine was purchased new by the town of Sedro Woolley, Wash. Although no known records exist, it is rumored to have been purchased between 1910 and 1915. Its purpose was to pump water from the Skagit River at the old city water pump station. In later years it was used as a standby engine in the city sewer plant until sometime into the mid-1960s. At this point in the Saint Mary's life, a prominent city industrialist acquired it. He was a member of the family who owned Skagit Mfg., makers of heavy logging equipment from 1919 until the 1980s.