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This is a list of companies that manufactured Steam & traction engines of any kind, including steam tractors, portable engines, Steam Lorries and steam rollers.

Great Britain[]

There were a large number of manufacturers in Great Britain. Most started life as agricultural engineers, and many exported engines all over the world. Some of the more prolific manufacturers are listed below:

(x) = Number of known UK engines surviving. - based on data from The Traction Engine Register 2008 (10th edition) and updated from the 11th edition. Some engines have been exported, but 'new' ones are being repatriated to the UK. In total there are about 3000, but some are just parts and others reasonably complete but are awaiting restoration.
Manufacturers Name Date (1st built) Date (last built) No. Built No. Surviving Company location Succesor / notes
Adamson 1858 1859 ? ? Dunkinfield, Cheshire -
William Allchin Ltd 1879 1930 ~ 4000 21 Northamptonshire (MERL database entry)
John Allen of Oxford ? 1913 ? 1 Oxford later known as Allen of Oxford
Allen & Simmonds 1909 - ? ? Reading -
Appleby 1880 - ? ? London -
Archer & Hall c. 1880 1900 ? 0 Location ? -
Armitage & Ruston 1879 1881 ? ? Chatters Cambridge -
Armstrong & Whitworth C. 1926 ? ? 7 Manchester & Newcastle
Atkinson ? ? ? 1 Preston, Lancashire. Seddon Atkinson
Aveling c.1859 ? ? 0 Rochester, Kent Aveling & Porter
Aveling-Barford c.1936 c.1950 ? 18 Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Aveling & Porter 1860 1937 14200 (575) Rochester, Kent Aveling-Barford
Babcock & Wilcox ? ? 6 ? Absorbed Clayton & Shuttleworth steam operations
Barrows + various partners - Millwrights engineers and engine builders from Cherwell works, Banbury Oxfordshire Started by Joseph Kirby 1787, engines offered from 1855 ? unknown see below Barrows are reputed to have built engines for John Fowler of Leeds before he had a factory as did Ransomes and Kitson and Hewitson.
Kirby & Barrows 1862 1863 unknown non known Banbury, Oxon
Barrows & Carmichael (1) - 1864-1868
Barrows & Stewart (1) - 1868-1886/7
Barrows & Co 6) - 1891-1919
Blackstone ? ? ? 1 Stamford Lincolnshire (better known for Agricultural machinery and Oil engines.
Brown and May ? ? ? 18 - Devizes in Wiltshire No records survive
Charles Burrell & Sons ? ? ? 329 Thetford, Norfolk (MERL database entry)

Clayton & Shuttleworth (16), Lincoln, Lincolnshire – (MERL database entry)

North American Manufacturers[]

For full list of North American Manufacturers see:

Main article: List of traction engine manufacturers in North America (from the Wikipedia list)
No of survivors in the UK listed (x in UK).
  • Abell, Toronto, Canada
  • Advance Thresher Co., Michigan, USA (3 in UK)
  • Advance-Rumely, LaPorte, Indiana, USA
  • American, New Jersey, USA
  • American Monarch, New York State, USA
  • Ammerican-Abell, Toronto, Canada
  • Ames, New York State, USA
  • Atlas Co., Indianapolis, USA
  • Avery, Peoria Illonois, USA
  • Baker, Swanton Ohio, USA
  • Buffalo Springfield (2 in UK),
  • Desberon (steam trucks)
  • Gaar-Scott, Richmond Indiana, USA
  • George White (1 in UK), Ontario, Canada
  • J.I.Case
  • Russell & Co. (1 in UK)
  • Rumeley became Advance-Rumely
  • Sawyer Massey
  • Stevens, New York State, USA
  • Union, Newark, Ohio, USA
  • Upton, Battle Creek Michigam, USA
  • Waterloo

German Manufacturers[]

(x) = Number of Known survivors world wide.

  • (2) Haubold
  • (19) Henninger - Agents for Garrett
  • (28) Henschel
  • (1) I.B.A.G. (International Baumamachine A.G.)
  • (1) Jacob & Becker
  • (1) J. Kemna
  • (1) Kuhn
  • (1) H. Lamprecht
  • (1) Heinrich Lanz
  • (20 + 1) J. A. Maffei
  • (?) Lanz - Better known for Hot bulb engine tractors.
  • (1) MF Elssinger
  • (?) Ottomeyer
  • (64) MF B. Ruthemeyer
  • (6) MG Heilibron
  • (7) Ohl Theodore - Burrell Agents/licensed design
  • (1) Rifenrath Jung
  • (4) L. Schwartkopff
  • (1) J. Seitz
  • (1) Umrath
  • (58) Zettelmeyer

Known Survivors[]

Others[]

  • Albaret, France
  • Breloux, Nevers, France
  • Bromovsky, Schulz & Sohr
  • Brouhot & Co., Cher, France
  • Calder Home built engine
  • Chataignier, St.Etienne, France
  • Figment Home built
  • Flother, Germany
  • Frick
  • George White, London Ontario, Canada
  • Henschel, Germany
  • Heuke, Germany
  • Hindley, England
  • Hofherr-Schrantz-Clayton HSCS - Hungarian
  • Imperial Maschinenfabrik, Meissen, Germany
  • Iroquois
  • Italo-Svizzera, Bologna Italy
  • J. A. Maffei, Hirschen, Germany
  • Kastrup Maskinfabrik, Kastrup, Denmark
  • Kelly Springfield, USA
  • Kemna, Germany (Poland)
  • Lanz, Germany
  • MAN, Germany
  • Merlin et Cie, Vierzon France
  • Munktell, Eskilstuna, Sweden
  • Port Huron
  • SLM Winterthur
  • Societe Francaise, Vierzon France
  • Vølund, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Waterloo Manufacturing Co., Waterloo Ontario, Canada
  • Weyher & Richemond, Seine France
  • Winschoten Ind, ?
  • Zettelmeyer, Germany

See also[]

References / sources[]

Originally based on the Wikipedia article for initial listing.

  1. Traction talk forum - Traction Talk post by user:Oldengine

A navigation box version (template)[]

A navigation box version of this list listing the 'major' makes is available, and can be added to the bottom of the manufacturers page and pages on individual engines.

Add this code {{Steam engine builders}} to transclude the list into the page.

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