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| Industry | Stationary Engine Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1881 in Freeport, Illinois, USA |
| Founder | D.C. Stover |
| Defunct | 1942 |
| 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.
The Stover company began producing windmills in 1879. [2] "To Extend Field of Stover Engine". Freeport-Journal Standard. 15 March 1907. Retrieved 24 December 2021.</ref> It was incorporated in 1881 as the Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company and by 1922 they had 600 employees. [3] [2]
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.[ citation needed ]
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