General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME, BOILER & WHEELS/ CANVAS BELT/ RUBBER HOSES/ WOOD PLATFORM

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Power sources

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Massey

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Hamilton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

The Sawyer Massey company of Hamilton, Ontario produced road-building equipment, reapers, mowers, separators, horse powers, and beginning in the early 1880s, steam traction engines. Prior to 1892, the company was known as the L.D. Sawyer Co. In 1892, the Massey brothers acquired an interest in the company and it was renamed the Sawyer & Massey Company. In 1910, the Masseys divested their holding and the company then became known as Sawyer-Massey. Sawyer-Massey continued to produce threshers and steam traction engines, and later manufactured gasoline-powered tractors.

Function

Steam traction engines are the precursor of tractors. They could pull implements, though only slowly, and were more typically used as stationary power sources that could be moved once a task was completed. Typical usage was to power threshing machines.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON LEFT SIDE OF FRAME READS: 'L3/ PATENTED/ MAY 12, 1893'/ EMBOSSED READS: 'L 129/ 212/ SAWYER &/ MASSEY CO LTD./ HAMILTON, ONT/ L 546'/ EMBOSSING ON COAL BOX DOOR READS: 'W25/ W39'/ EMBOSSING ON SMOKE BOX DOOR READS: 'SAWYER & MASSEY CO/ LIMITED/ HAMILTON/ CANADA/ L676'

Missing

From CA of 07/02/1997 by Sue Warren: Undetermined

Finish

ALL BLACK EXCEPT FOR RED WHEELS, FLYWHEEL, CRANK DISK, CYLINDER & COAL BUNKERS (2)

Decoration

N/A