Avery Steam Traction Engine, circa 1916
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Massive steam engines like the Avery were generally used on the large farms of the Great Plains, though this engine was used on Ford Farms in Dearborn, Michigan. It generated 30 horsepower, but weighed 23 tons! More efficient tractors, like the Fordson, which could generate 20 horsepower but weighed just over one ton, soon replaced these dinosaurs of the farm.
Massive steam engines like the Avery were generally used on the large farms of the Great Plains, though this engine was used on Ford Farms in Dearborn, Michigan. It generated 30 horsepower, but weighed 23 tons! More efficient tractors, like the Fordson, which could generate 20 horsepower but weighed just over one ton, soon replaced these dinosaurs of the farm.
Artifact
Steam traction engine
Date Made
circa 1916
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Agriculture
Object ID
00.106.24
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Farms.
Material
Iron (Metal)
Steel (Alloy)
Brass (Alloy)
Color
Black (Color)
Red
Dimensions
Horsepower: 7 hp (5.22 kW)
Diameter: 10 in (Bore)
Horsepower: 23 hp (17.15 kW)
Length: 30 in
Weight: 30 lbs
Length: 61.5 in (Stroke)
Height: 121 in
Width: 175 in
Inscriptions
AVERY CO. / PEORIA ILL. / 1442 with the profile of a bull dog marked: TEETH / TALK / 2291 EQUIPPED / WITH / GOULD / BALANCE VALVE / LICENSE NO.1545 / ENGINE NO.5149 / 1993. 298
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