Ramsey County History – Fall 1997: “19th Century Technology and a Field Engineer’s Canadian Travels”

19th Century Technology and a Field Engineer’s Canadian Travels

Author: Robert F. Garland

The author’s grandfather, Rob Garland, was a field representative for St. Paul’s Waterous Co., a maker of heavy equipment such as fire engines. His 1898 field notes form the basis for this article. Garland was then based in Manitoba. The notes tell of balky machinery, daunting travels, dirty lodgings, head-scratching repairs issues, failures and successes.

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