[Steam-engine] Numbers

[Robert Rhode]

Thanks, Andy, for asking about numerical data.  The J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company built 35,838 engines.  Of these, 35,836 had been produced by 1924.  A 65 HP portable was built in 1925, and an 80 HP portable was built in 1926.  To get an accurate count of the number of firms that manufactured agricultural engines is next to impossible because many companies that produced a few portable engines in the early years have been forgotten.  I am including a list of Ohio manufacturers (below).  I have omitted several Cincinnati firms that were too small and too long ago to mention.

Ohio Manufacturers of Farm Steam Engines and Steamrollers

Unless otherwise indicated, these manufacturers produced steam-powered farm engines.  The development of the steamroller is partially interwoven with the history of agricultural engines because a number of farm engine factories built steamrollers.  One or two firms listed below are predecessors to other firms on this roster, and various manufacturers on this list produced relatively few machines.  A handful of predecessors are not named.  Ohio had an impressive array of companies that manufactured agricultural engines and rollers-the highest number of such firms in any single state.

C. Aultman Co.								Canton
Aultman & Taylor Machinery Co.						Mansfield
A. D. Baker Co. (farm engines and steamrollers)				Swanton
Banting Mfg. Co. (Greyhound make)					Toledo
Blymyer									Cincinnati
Bucyrus Road Machinery Co. (steamrollers)					Bucyrus
Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co. (steamrollers)					Springfield
C. & G. Cooper and Co.							Mt. Vernon
D. June & Co.								Fremont
Davidson & Rutledge							Ada
Enterprise Manufacturing Co. (steamrollers)					Columbiana
Fairbanks Steam Shovel Co. (Lobo make)					Marion
Galion Iron Works Co. (steamrollers)					Galion
Hooven, Owens & Rentschler Co. (Monarch make)				Hamilton
Huber Manufacturing Co. (farm engines and steamrollers)			Marion
James Mean & Co. (Burdett make)						Steubenville
O. S. Kelly Co.								Springfield
Kelly-Springfield Road Roller Co. (steamrollers)				Springfield
Lane & Bodley Co.							Cincinnati
Marion Manufacturing Co. (Leader make) (farm engines and steamrollers)	Marion
McNamar Co.								Newark
Morningstar Mfg. Co. (Napoleon make)					Napoleon
Newark Machine Works							Newark
Ohio Thresher & Engine Co.						Upper Sandusky
Owens, Lane & Dyer Co.							Hamilton
Ritchie & Dyer								Hamilton
Ross Road Machine Co. (steamrollers)					Cincinnati
Russell & Co. (farm engines and steamrollers)				Massillon
Scheidler Machine Works							Newark
L. Spence								Martins Ferry
Springfield Engine & Thresher Co.						Springfield
Union Iron Works (Walker make)						Newark

Dr. Robert T. Rhode 
Northern Kentucky University