| US Patent: 482,828 
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| Locomotive | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Charles L. Heisler (exact or similar names) - Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 25, 1891 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 20, 1892 |  
 
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| Description: |  | This was the original patent for the Heisler logging steam locomotive. 
Dunkirk Engineering Co. built the first Heisler locomotive in 1891. Stearns from 1894 to 1907 and Heisler from 1907 to 1941.
The three companies in Erie, PA, were all reorganizations of the same manufacturing firm. 
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