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This is a list of the more notable companies that manufactured
traction engines of any kind, including
steam tractors ,
portable engines , and
steam rollers .
Germany
Borsig of
Berlin ,
Germany
Esterer , Germany (particularly known for their
Ploughing engines )
Hanomag ,
Hannover , Germany now part of Komatsu
Henschel & Son , of
Kassel , Germany
Kemna Bau ,
Breslau , (then) Germany
Heinrich Lanz AG , of
Mannheim , Germany
Otto Meyer KG [
de ] , Wellentrup, Germany (
Media related to
Ottomeyer ploughing engines in Emsland Moormuseum at Wikimedia Commons)
Rudolf Ernst Wolf [
de ] ,
Magdeburg , Germany (
Media related to
R. Wolf portable engines at Wikimedia Commons)
Ruthemeyer [
de ] , Stadthalle Soest, Germany (
Media related to
Ruthemeyer vehicles at Wikimedia Commons)
Scharer & Gross , Germany (
Media related to
Scharrer & Groß at Wikimedia Commons)
Zettelmeyer [
de ] , Germany (
Media related to
Zettelmeyer vehicles at Wikimedia Commons)
Great Britain
There were a large number of manufacturers in Great Britain. Most started life as agricultural engineers, and many exported engines all over the world. Some of the manufacturers are listed below:
William Allchin Ltd ,
Northampton – (
MERL database entry )
John Allen & Co. ,
Oxford - best Known for the
Allen Scythe .
[1]
Aveling & Porter ,
Rochester ,
Kent
Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works Ltd Built steam wagons from 1904 to 1908
[2]
Brown & May ,
Devizes ,
Wiltshire
[3]
Charles Burrell & Sons ,
Thetford ,
Norfolk – (
MERL database entry )
Clayton & Shuttleworth ,
Lincoln – (
MERL database entry )
Edwin Foden, Sons & Co. ,
Sandbach ,
Cheshire
Durham and North Yorkshire Steam Cultivation Company Ltd
William Foster & Co Ltd , Lincoln
G J Fowell & Co , St Ives, Huntingdonshire
[4]
John Fowler & Co. ,
Leeds ,
Yorkshire
Gibbons & Robinson
[5]
Thomas Green & Son , Leeds, Yorkshire.
James & Frederick Howard , Bedford
Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Company , Leeds, Yorkshire
Marshall, Sons & Co. ,
Gainsborough , Lincolnshire
J&H McLaren & Co. , Leeds, Yorkshire
Paxman ,
Colchester ,
Suffolk
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Ltd ,
Ipswich , Suffolk
Richard Garrett & Sons ,
Leiston , Suffolk
Robey & Co , Lincoln – (
MERL database entry )
Ruston & Hornsby Ltd , Lincoln
F Savage ,
King's Lynn ,
Norfolk - Portable centre engines for
amusement rides
[6]
Sentinel Waggon Works ,
Shrewsbury ,
Shropshire - Utilised vertical boilers
Tasker & Sons ,
Andover ,
Hampshire
William Tuxford & Sons ,
Boston, Lincolnshire .
[7]
Wallis & Steevens ,
Basingstoke , Hampshire – (
MERL database entry )
Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co. Leeds, Yorkshire
North America
Key: '~' indicates a manufacturer for whom no known products survive.
Amongst other models, built three-wheelers with a single wheel mounted on a fork perch bracket beneath the smokebox.
[9]
Ames Iron Works
~Atlas Engine Works
Aultman Co.
Aultman-Taylor Machinery Co.
Avery Power Machinery Co. , Peoria, Illinois
A.D. Baker Company
Best Manufacturing Company , San Leandro, California
Birdsall Engine Co.
Blumentritt Co.
Buffalo-Pitts Steam Roller Co.
Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co.
~Byron, Jackson Machine Works
Case, J.I. Co.
Colean Mfg. Co.
C & G Cooper & Co's.
Crowel Mfg. Co.
Clyde Iron Works Co., Duluth, MN
D. June & Co.
~Davidson & Rutledge
Farquhar, A.B. Co.
~Fishkill Landing Machine Co.
Frick & Co.
Gaar Scott & Co.
Geiser Manufacturing , makers of the Peerless line of steam tractors, later bought out by Emerson-Brantingham
~George W. Morris
~George Page & Co.
George White & Sons Co. Ltd., London and Brandon, Canada.
Greyhound, Banting Mfg. Co.
Groton, Charles Perrige & Co.
~Hagerstown Steam Engine & Machine Co.
~Harrisburg Car Mfg. Co.
Harrison Machine Works (Jumbo)
Heilman Machine Works
~
Holt Manufacturing Company (became
Caterpillar Inc. )
~Hooven, Owens & Rentschler Co.
Huber Manufacturing Co.
Illinois Thresher Co.
~Jacob Price
~James Means & Co.
John Goodison Thresher Co. Ltd., Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
~J.M. Ross & Sons, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Keck-Gonnerman Co., Mount Vernon, Indiana
O.S. Kelly Co., Springfield, Ohio
Kitten, Ferdinand Foundry Co.
~Koppes W.M. & Co.
Lang & Button Co., Ithaca, New York
Lansing Iron Works Co. Lansing, Michigan
Leader, Marion Mfg. Co., Marion, Ohio
MacDonald Thresher Co., Stratford, Ontario, Canada
McNamer Co., Newark, Ohio
~Merritt & Kellogg, Battle Creek, Michigan
~Messinger Mfg. Co., Tatamy, Pennsylvania
Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co. , Hopkins, Minn.
~Morningstar Mfg. Co. (Napoleon), Napoleon, Ohio
~Muncy Traction Engine Co., Muncy, Pennsylvania
New-Giant, Northwest Thresher Co., Stillwater, Minn.
New Hamburg Mfg. Co. Ltd., New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada
Nichols & Shepard Co. , Battle Creek, Michigan
~Ohio Engine & Thresher Co., Upper Sandusky, Ohio
~Owens, Lane & Duyer Co., Hamilton, Ohio
Peerless, Geiser Mfg. Co., Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Peterson N. C. & Sons, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Port Huron Engine & Thresher Co. , Port Huron, Mich.
Reeves & Co. , Columbus, Indiana
~Remington Co., Woodburn, Oregon
Robert-Bell Engine & Thresher Co., Seaforth, Ontario, Canada
~Roberts & Dean Co., Sacramento, California
Robinson & Co., Richmond, Indiana
M Rumley Co., LaPorte, Indiana – later merged with the Advance Thresher Co. to create
Advance-Rumely Thresher Co.
Russell & Company (Steam Tractor) , Massillon, Ohio (1848-1962)
~Ryan & McDonald, Waterloo, New York
Sawyer-Massey & Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada after merger with Harris to form
Massey-Harris later became
Massey Ferguson
Scheidler, R. Co., Newark, Ohio
Springfield Engine & Thresher Co., Springfield, Ohio (later became OS Kelly Co and Kelly Springfield)
Stevens, A. W. & Son Co., Auburn, New York
Stevens, A. W. Co., Marinette, Wisconsin
Twentieth Century Mfg. Co., Marinette, Wisconsin
~Union-Iron Works (Walker), Newark, Ohio
Upton Mfg. Co., Port Huron, Michigan
Waterloo Mfg. Co. Ltd. , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Waterous Engine Works Co. Ltd. , Bradford, Ontario, Canada
Watertown Engine Company, Watertown, New York
Westinghouse Co., Schenectady, New York
Westinghouse Farm Engine
Wood Brothers Thresher Co., Des Moines, Iowa
Wood, S.W. & Son Co., Clyde, New York
Wood, Taber & Morse Co., Eaton, New York
Rest of the world
See also
References
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John Allen and Sons (Oxford) www.gracesguide.co.uk , accessed 2 April 2021
^ The World Encyclopedia of Trucks , by Peter J Davis,
ISBN
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^
"P is for PORTABLE ENGINE" . www.lackhamcountrypark.co.uk . Archived from
the original on 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2008-12-01 .
^
G. J. Fowell & Co St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England, U.K. Manufacturer Class: Steam and Gas Engines vintagemachinery.org , accessed 2 April 2021
^ Oliver, Martin (2022). "General Purpose Engines". The Fifty-Second Great Dorset Steam Fair 2022 Official Programme . The Great DorSet Steam Fair Ltd. pp. 64–65.
^
Frederick Savage, Victorian Fairground Manufacturer of King’s Lynn www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk , accessed 2 April 2021
^
William Tuxford and Sons www.gracesguide.co.uk , accessed 2 April 2021
^ Placard at
Saskatchewan Western Development Museum
^ Kelly, Maurice A (1995). The American Steam Traction Engine . CMS Publishing. p. 58.
ISBN
0-9527470-0-6 .