In the early 1990s I acquired a Baltic Simplex Machinery Company Limited “Jacko” steam generator from a farmer at Alexandra in north-east Victoria. An item of machinery without context lacks interest, so I set-out to find out some more about the Baltic Simplex “Jacko” steam generator.

The Baltic Simplex Machinery Company Pty Ltd

The founder of the Baltic Simplex Machinery Company was Jörgen Pedersen, bo