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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, GermanyEsterer, Germany (particularly known for their Ploughing engines) • Freibahn of Spandau , Germany • Hanomag, Hannover, Germany now part of KomatsuHenschel & Son, of Kassel, Germany • Kemna Bau, Breslau, (then) Germany • Heinrich Lanz AG, of Mannheim, Germany • , Wellentrup, Germany () • , Magdeburg, Germany () • , Stadthalle Soest, Germany () • Scharer & Gross, Germany () • , Germany () ==Great Britain==
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.William Allchin, Northampton(MERL database entry)John Allen & Company, Oxford - best Known for the Allen Scythe. • Aveling & Porter, Rochester, KentBristol Wagon & Carriage Works Built steam wagons from 1904 to 1908 • Brown & May, Devizes, WiltshireCharles Burrell & Sons, Thetford, Norfolk(MERL database entry)Clayton & Shuttleworth, Lincoln(MERL database entry)Edwin Foden, Sons & Company, Sandbach, CheshireDurham and North Yorkshire Steam Cultivation CompanyWilliam Foster & Co, Lincoln • G J Fowell & Co, St Ives, Huntingdonshire • John Fowler & Company, Leeds, Yorkshire • Gibbons & Robinson • 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, SuffolkRansomes, 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 ridesSentinel Waggon Works, Shrewsbury, Shropshire - Utilised vertical boilers • Tasker & Sons, Andover, HampshireWilliam Tuxford & Sons, Boston, Lincolnshire. • Wallis & Steevens, Basingstoke, Hampshire – (MERL database entry)Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co. Leeds, Yorkshire ==North America==
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 : Amongst other models, built three-wheelers with a single wheel mounted on a fork perch bracket beneath the smokebox. • Ames Iron Works • ~Atlas Engine Works • Aultman Co. • Aultman-Taylor Machinery Co. • Avery Power Machinery Co., Peoria, Illinois • A.D. Baker CompanyBest 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==
Rest of the world
Aillot, FranceMunktells Mekaniska Verkstad, Sweden (not Bolinders), now part of Volvo group • , Denmark now part of Babcock & Wilcox ==See also==
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