120-YEAR-OLD MIETZ & WEISS ENGINE RELOCATED IN SWEDEN
Dear Editor
Although pictured and mentioned in Dustin M. Erikson’s book about the firm Mietz & Weiss in 2002, the engine was not tracked and rediscovered until earlier in 2023. When the book was re-read earlier in the year we took notice and begun to investigate whereabouts it might be, as it had never come to light officially.
After some research, both geographically and genealogically, the engine was rediscovered and eventually relocated to the RUBENS collection. This neat little hot-bulb engine, No. 2688, is rated at just 1hp and estimated to be a 1903 engine based on the info provided by Dustin M. Erikson’s book. Virtually complete and with just some minor damage it immediately became a target for
