Waukesha Engine

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Waukesha Motor Company advertisement in the Automobile Trade Journal, 1916.

Waukesha is an American brand of large stationary  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocating_engine" rel="nofollow - reciprocating engines  produced by  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Energy" rel="nofollow - GE Energy . Waukesha engines are large  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine" rel="nofollow - internal combustion engines  for industrial uses, such as engines that burn  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas" rel="nofollow - natural gas  to run large  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_generator" rel="nofollow - generators  for hospitals.

For 62 years, Waukesha was an independent supplier of  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrol_engine" rel="nofollow - gasoline engines ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine" rel="nofollow - diesel engines ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multifuel" rel="nofollow - multifuel  engines (gasoline/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene" rel="nofollow - kerosene / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel" rel="nofollow - ethanol ), and  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas" rel="nofollow - LNG / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane" rel="nofollow - propane  engines to many  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck" rel="nofollow - truck ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor" rel="nofollow - tractor ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_equipment" rel="nofollow - heavy equipment ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile" rel="nofollow - automobile ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat" rel="nofollow - boat ,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipbuilding" rel="nofollow - ship , and  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine-generator" rel="nofollow - engine-generator  manufacturers. In 1906, The Waukesha Motor Company was founded in  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha,_Wisconsin" rel="nofollow - Waukesha, Wisconsin . In 1957, Waukesha bought the  https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Climax_Engineering_Co.&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow - Climax Engineering Co.  of  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton,_Iowa" rel="nofollow - Clinton, Iowa , also a noted builder of large engines. In 1968, Waukesha Motor Company was acquired by the Bangor-Punta Corporation. ^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha_Engine#cite_note-WEHS_Corporate_Milestones_page-1" rel="nofollow - [1]}  In 1973, Waukesha sold the Climax division to the  https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arrow_Engine_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow - Arrow Engine Company . In 1974, Waukesha Motor Company was sold to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresser_Industries" rel="nofollow - Dresser Industries  and became Dresser's Waukesha Engine Division; ^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha_Engine#cite_note-WEHS_Corporate_Milestones_page-1" rel="nofollow - [1]}  its typical nicknames afterward were Waukesha Engine ^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha_Engine#cite_note-waukesha-engine-2" rel="nofollow - [2]}  and Dresser Waukesha. In 1989, ^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha_Engine#cite_note-WEHS_Corporate_Milestones_page-1" rel="nofollow - [1]} Dresser acquired the  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brons" rel="nofollow - Brons  company of the Netherlands. In 2010, Dresser, including Dresser Waukesha, was acquired by GE Energy. ^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha_Engine#cite_note-JournalSentinel_2010-10-06_GE-3" rel="nofollow - [3]}

On September 28, 2015, GE announced it was closing the plant for good and moving the engine manufacturing operations to Canada. It employed roughly 600 people. ^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha_Engine#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow - [4]}

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