Steam Traction Engine

Steam Traction Engine by Carey 1964
Steam Traction Engine, a photo by Carey 1964 on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Self-propelled "traction" engines moved from farm to farm under their own steam power. This massive traction engine was widely used as the power source for plowing large farms in the Great Plains states and the prairie provinces of Canada.

Made about 1916
Avery Company
Peoria, Illinois
On display at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI, USA

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