Brookfield Museum and
Historical Society
An Extended
Learning and Research Center
165 Whisconier Rd, PO Box 5231,
Brookfield, CT 06804
Tel (203) 740-8140
Oil
Can
This
oil can was used to do the constant lubrication on the Steam Engine
linkages. The Train Engineer and / or his Fireman (also known as the Coal
Shoveler) would get out at each stop so he could do the oiling.