A traction engine weighing five tons, can, on any tolerable highway, draw twenty tons, equivalent to, at least, 100 troops, with their arms and stores. In bad places, ...

This Huber Steam Traction Engine is of a moderate size at twelve tons and 16 feet long-many of its contemporaries weighed as much as 20 tons. It has an 18 horsepower engine. The water tank in the ...

Meet John Froelich, the oldest son of German immigrants, who was born in Iowa in 1849. The grain mill operator tinkered away on a gasoline traction, the tractor, that changed global agriculture.

Yorkshire Traction Engine Rally 2024: Historic Yorkshire estate Scampston Hall to host huge displays of over 40 traction engines and other vintage vehicles Story by Liana Jacob • 3w ...

The 75th anniversary of a major event in the steam preservation movement was celebrated in Appleford at the weekend. The event on Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, marked three quarters of a ...

The spectacular Whitby Traction Engine Rally, held next to the iconic ruins of the Abbey takes place this weekend (August 2-4).

Traction Engines for Military Purposes. Share full article. June 10, 1861. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 10, 1861, Page 2 Buy Reprints.