The Russell, Wooden Shoe-Oregon
Early 1900 Era Russell Steam Tractor
The early Russell steam traction engines were prized for their simplicity and ease of repair. “All moving parts,” writes Jack Norbeck in Encyclopedia of American Steam Traction Engines, “were in plain sight, and any parts needing adjustments were within easy reach of ordinary tools.”
Like so many of the steam traction engines, the Russells were behemoths: the smallest one they produced in 1912, the 8 HP, weighed 9,000 pounds without the 60 gallons of water it could hold.
Photo taken at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm, Oregon
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Uploaded on September 04, 2009