Antique Abenaque 15hp hit-and-miss engine at Zagray Farm show

This was just one of many awesome antique engines on display at the Zagray Farm Fall Festival. This one was by far the largest antique engine I saw there. It's a 15hp model Built by Abenaque Machine Works, Westminster Station, Vt. The gentleman that owned it said it was used to pressurize a steam powered engine in the mornings at the mill his Grandfather worked at until the steam engine got hot and could run on it's own. This engine (and the smaller Abenaque next to it) was pulled out of the old mill in the late 1970's with a crane and restored by his father, who brought it to shows in the 1980's until the engine was damaged in a building fire. (that's the reason it only has two water cooling fins instead of the original four). He said this engine was the only piece of iron to come out of the fire in salvageable shape, so a head crack was repaired and the engine was once again brought to running condition and makes the shows in the New England region. It's quite a sight to behold! A history about Abenaque here: gasengine.farmcollector.com