Pawnee County Fairgrounds, Pawnee, Oklahoma. County/parish: Pawnee.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 07, 1979. NRIS 79002016.
1 contributing structure.
The Corliss Steam Engine on the Pawnee County Fairgrounds in Pawnee, Oklahoma is a Corliss steam engine that was built c. 1912. It and a twin sister engine were originally built for the Blackwell Zinc Co., of Blackwell, Oklahoma. It powered most of the electricity-powered machinery in the 1000-employee zinc smelting plant, until the plant closed in 1973.
It was later donated to the Oklahoma Steam Thresher Association, disassembled, and restored in its own building on the Pawnee County Fairgrounds. One source on the web has 6 photos of the engine displayed there.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86511884