The Brantford Ideal

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Sam Curry
February/March 1999
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A small centrifugal water pump, driven by belt from one flywheel sends water through the head and the cylinder water jacket, then to the top of the water tank, spraying down to the bottom. At the same time, the exhaust, which is also piped to the tank top, causes a draft pulling air through the water, thus cooling it. This seems to be very efficient.

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In short, you might call this a fuel injected, exhaust cooled hit & miss engine. I enjoyed the long restoration, but it wasn't until a second show that I got it running properly. The engine has been shown at seven major shows, from the National at Ft. Scott, Kansas, to Tucson, Arizona, and has always drawn comment as being first of its type that some 'engine buffs' have seen.

Goold, Shapley & Muir moved to a large new factory in March 1899, with full fanfare. Although all this is recorded in the Brantford Expositor newspaper, little other information as to records, when and why they ceased production in this vast business, and closing time seems available. We do know that production on some items continued into the early 1920s. Mr. Goold died about this time, and the last part of the factory building was torn down in 1973. Also at one time the factory suffered a loss by fire.

Maybe the 'Old Reflector' could enlighten us on some of these unknown facts.

I would enjoy hearing from people with this type engine.

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