I would like to see one of the Cooper-Bessemer engines returned to Ohio where it was built and restored as an operating exhibit. We feel that dismantling the engines ourselves, by experienced and capable volunteers, is preferable to lining the pockets of a scrap firm, which is not geared toward removal of machinery for reuse. Paying $10,000 to $20,000 to a scrapper when we could do the same job for $5,000 would be taking away donated funds that would be much better used to pay for restoring and operating the engines. Funds donated by people not only in Kansas but from literally all over the U.S.
Rick Rowlands,
Ottawa, Ohio
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