Saturday, August 16, 2008

THERE ARE MANY DISPLAYS LIKE THIS ONE IN THE NEW MUSEUM.
HERE'S A TINY CLINTON ENGINES MOTOR SCOOTER.
EIGHTEEN MILLION ENGINES WERE MANUFACTURED DURING THE TIME THE PLANT WAS IN OPERATION IN MAQUOKETA, STARTING IN THE EARLY 50'S AND INTO THE 70'S. AT ONE TIME, OVER 2,000 PEOPLE WORKED AT THE PLANT. MAQUOKETA WAS THE HOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST SMALL ENGINE MANUFACTURER..CLINTON ENGINES.
DENNIS VOY

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