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List of traction engine manufacturers

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)
  • Freibahn of Spandau, Germany
  • 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, Wellentrup, Germany
  • Rudolf Ernst Wolf, Magdeburg, Germany
  • Ruthemeyer, Stadthalle Soest, Germany
  • Scharer & Gross, Germany
  • Zettelmeyer, Germany

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:

  • Alfred Dodman & Co.[1]
  • William Allchin, Northampton – (MERL database entry)
  • John Allen & Company, Oxford - best Known for the Allen Scythe.[2]
  • Aveling & Porter, Rochester, Kent
  • Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works Built steam wagons from 1904 to 1908[3]
  • Brown & May, Devizes, Wiltshire[4]
  • Charles Burrell & Sons, Thetford, Norfolk – (MERL database entry)
  • Clayton & Shuttleworth, Lincoln – (MERL database entry)
  • Edwin Foden, Sons & Company, Sandbach, Cheshire
  • Durham and North Yorkshire Steam Cultivation Company
  • William Foster & Co, Lincoln
  • G J Fowell & Co, St Ives, Huntingdonshire[5]
  • John Fowler & Company, Leeds, Yorkshire
  • Gibbons & Robinson[6]
  • 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, Ipswich, Suffolk
  • Richard Garrett & Sons, Leiston, Suffolk
  • Robey & Co, Lincoln – (MERL database entry)
  • Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln
  • F Savage, King's Lynn, Norfolk - Portable centre engines for amusement rides[7]
  • Sentinel Waggon Works, Shrewsbury, Shropshire - Utilised vertical boilers
  • Tasker & Sons, Andover, Hampshire
  • William Tuxford & Sons, Boston, Lincolnshire.[8]
  • 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.

  • Advance Thresher Co. – later merged with the M. Rumely Co. to create Advance-Rumely Thresher Co.
  • Advance-Rumely Thresher Co., La Porte, Indiana
  • ~Althaus Ewing & Co.
  • ~American Engine Co.
  • American-Abell Engine and Thresher Company, Toronto, Ontario[9]
  • Amongst other models, built three-wheelers with a single wheel mounted on a fork perch bracket beneath the smokebox.[10]
  • 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

  • Aillot, France
  • Munktells Mekaniska Verkstad, Sweden (not Bolinders), now part of Volvo group
  • Vølund (virksomhed), Denmark now part of Babcock & Wilcox

See also

References

  1. Old Glory Collectors Series Traction Engines Part Two Kelsey Media, October 2019^
  2. John Allen and Sons (Oxford) www.gracesguide.co.uk, accessed 2 April 2021^
  3. The World Encyclopedia of Trucks, by Peter J Davis, ISBN 1-84309-201-8^
  4. P is for PORTABLE ENGINE www.lackhamcountrypark.co.uk, retrieved 2008-12-01^
  5. G. J. Fowell & Co St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England, U.K. Manufacturer Class: Steam and Gas Engines vintagemachinery.org, accessed 2 April 2021^
  6. Martin Oliver. General Purpose Engines The Fifty-Second Great Dorset Steam Fair 2022 Official Programme, The Great DorSet Steam Fair Ltd, 2022^
  7. Frederick Savage, Victorian Fairground Manufacturer of King’s Lynn www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk, accessed 2 April 2021^
  8. William Tuxford and Sons www.gracesguide.co.uk, accessed 2 April 2021^
  9. Placard at Saskatchewan Western Development Museum^
  10. Maurice A Kelly. The American Steam Traction Engine CMS Publishing, 1995^