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1907

A. Holcomb, an old resident of Beloit, invented a new automatic engine and dynamo for lighting a railroad train and locomotive headlight.

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PropertyJuly 22, 1907

A storm of rain and wind crippled interurban service between Rockford and Janesville, stranding players and visitors at Yost's Park (reported in the Janesville Daily Gazette of that date).

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A. Holcomb, an old resident of Beloit, invented a new automatic engine and dynamo for lighting a railroad train and locomotive headlight.

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A. Holcomb, an old resident of Beloit, in 1907 invented a new automatic engine and dynamo for lighting a railroad train and locomotive headlight. Equipments previously used for that purpose weighed about two and threequarter tons each, while this weighs but one.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 2, PDF p. 292 / book p. 791

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1907

A. Holcomb, an old resident of Beloit, invented a new automatic engine and dynamo for lighting a railroad train and locomotive headlight.

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A. Holcomb, an old resident of Beloit, invented a new automatic engine and dynamo for lighting a railroad train and locomotive headlight.

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A. Holcomb, an old resident of Beloit, in 1907 invented a new automatic engine and dynamo for lighting a railroad train and locomotive headlight. Equipments previously used for that purpose weighed about two and threequarter tons each, while this weighs but one.