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To: PATRIOT1876

It was run on whale oil, not kerosene.

11 posted on 10/08/2014 3:12:54 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)

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To: Publius

*It was run on whale oil, not kerosene.*

Ah yes, I forgot. Kerosene didn't come along until after they struck oil in Pennsylvania in the mid 1800’s...

13 posted on 10/08/2014 3:15:08 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876

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To: Publius

My great-great-great-grandfather ran his router off steam from a Franklin stove he rigged up.

17 posted on 10/08/2014 3:17:28 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Conservatives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)

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