PlacesPages: Portable Steam Engines, Traction Engines & Tractors at Antique Powerland

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The Great Oregon Steam-Up’s main purpose is the gathering and display of portable steam engines, steam traction engines, and tractors. The Antique Powerland organization related to portable steam engines and traction engines is the Western Steam Fiends while the organization related to tractors is Branch 15 of the Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association.

Here is a video of Traction Engines in operation at the Great Oregon Steam-Up on August 4, 2007.

Traction Engines at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

I have grouped my pictures of tractors and traction engines by manufacturer, but first, here are some unknown and mixed-group pictures from the Great Oregon Steam-Up on August 4, 2007.

I don't know much about this early three-wheeled tractor, as it did not seem to have any name on it, nor did it have a sign. A search of the internet failed to find anything that looked close enough to be a positive match, though there were several manufacturers that made similar tractors.

Here is a picture of a pair of early tractors. The tractor in the front is a 1910 5-10 horsepower tractor by the Avery Company of Peoria, Illinois. The tractor behind it is a Mogul tractor made by the International Harvester Company.

This photograph shows three tractors. The tractor in the front was made by the J. I. Case Company of Racine, Wisconsin (see below) The next tractor was built by the John Lauson Manufacturing Company of New Holstein, Wisconsin. The third tractor is a McCormick-Deering tractor built by International Harvester. There will be more on McCormick-Deering in a later post.

J. I. Case Traction Engines & Tractors
Russell & Company Traction Engines
Geiser Manufacturing Company Peerless Traction Engine
M. Rumely Company Traction Engines & Tractors
Aultman & Taylor Traction Engines & Tractors
Advance Traction Engine
Austin Manufacturing Company Steamroller
A. B. Farquhar Company Portable Steam Engine
Cockshutt Farm Equipment Co. Tractors
Minneapolis-Moline Tractor
Deere & Company Tractors
Holt Manufacturing Company Tractor
International Harvester Co. Tractors
Allis-Chalmers Tractor
Samson Iron Works Sieve-Grip Tractor
Heer Engine Company Tractor
Parrett Tractor
Porsche-Diesel Tractor
Lamborghini Tractor