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Re: Townsend Tractor?
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Posted by Bill Hires on August 04, 2003 at 04:23:49 from (128.206.228.125):
In Reply to: Townsend Tractor? posted by Aaron on August 03, 2003 at 21:36:34:
In 1914 the Townsend Mfg. Co., Janesville, WI, began producing a tractor powered by a gas engine. This was one of the last gas tractors to retain the outward appearance of a steam traction engine. The company was later taken over by the LaCrosse Boiler Company, LaCrosse, WI.In 1915 they produced the LaCrosse(Happy Farmer). They showed the Lacrosse model M for the first time at the Wichita, Kansas Power Farming show in 1919. I have no more information after this date.
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