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)
• 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:

• 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)  [ da ], Denmark now part of Babcock & Wilcox

See also

• List of tractor manufacturers
• List of former tractor manufacturers
• List of steam energy topics
• List of steam car makers

References

1. Old Glory Collectors Series Traction Engines Part Two. Kelsey Media. October 2019. pp. 18–19. ISBN   9781912151882.
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. Archived from the original on 2007-09-21. 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. 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.
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. Kelly, Maurice A (1995). The American Steam Traction Engine. CMS Publishing. p. 58. ISBN   0-9527470-0-6.