Saving the Avery

	April, 2000 First attempt to recover the 16 HP Avery Engine #49 from the Republic River, outside the town of Scandia, Kansas.
	Engine exposed.  Corner of the water bunker is visible.
	High water

	First attempt, Friday & Saturday, April 14 & 15, 2000.
	View from the 100 yard dumpster truck.
	View of compressed air line intended to remove debris.  Project aborted due to high water.

	View of the Republic River, Saturday morning May 27, 2000
	May 27, 2000 low water view of the engine.  The water bunker is now visible.
	Heavy equipment donated by Shirley Strenad.

	George Benson running Shirley’s Caterpillar.
	Shirley Strenad’s brother Henry Strenad running the backhoe with George Benson (left) and Matt Demars (right).
	Digging the circumference around the still submerged engine to better expose it for removal.

	Curt Eiden in the foreground while digging continues.
	Building a coffer dam.
	George Benson standing on engine’s front wheel.

	Detail of coffer dam with compressed air lines and spokes of front wheel visible.
	Digging continues.
	Shirley’s Strenad’s friend Dane Barkley (left) and Gene Zopfi (right) unloading the LP gas-powered V8 Ford water pump.

	Installing the pump.
	Pumping begins under the supervision of Forest Pence (left, in red).
	View after pumping for approximately 5 minutes reveals the water bunker and the engine.

	Ted McNamara (left) and Matt Demars (right) and the view after pumping for approximately 20 minutes.
	Matt Demars (left), Ted McNamara (center) and George Benson (right) approximately 30 minutes into the pumping project.
	The view from another angle after approximately 30 minutes of pumping.

	Approximately  35-40 minutes of pumping.  Yellow moving straps are visible.
	Uprighting the steam engine.
	Uprighting the steam engine.

	Pulling and lifting to upright the engine.
	Pulling and lifting to upright the engine.
	Successful uprighting of the engine.

	The Project Crew.
	Gene Zopfi.

	Forest Pence of Harvard, Nebraska.

	Ted McNamara with the Avery.
	The 16 HP Avery Engine #49, built in 1916 and here loaded and ready for travel.

	U-Moline in place to off-load in Champlin, Minnesota.