Reeves

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Reeves

Reeves & Co.

Reeves & Co. was an American farm tractor builder for thirty years. It built some of the largest steam traction engines used in North America. Founded in 1874 in Columbus, Indiana, the company made threshers. Then it went into the steam engine business in 1895 and made engines in sizes from 13 HP to 40 HP (Nominal Horsepower).

The company excelled at building steam plowing engines for the American and Canadian West and provided an engine and boiler approved by Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan To meet these province's revised boiler laws enacted in 1910. There, steam breaking plows were needed to till the virgin soil.

The massive 40-120 (and later 140)HP engines were brought out in 1908 and their two stories height allowed the driver (engineer) to see over the cross-compound engine. They built engines in nominal horsepower sizes: 13hp, 16hp, 20hp, 25hp, 32hp and 40hp. The "140" referenced above was the "brake horsepower." Reeves & Company was sold to Emerson-Brantingham on January 1, 1912.

Details:

1903 Reeves Co. (Columbus, Indiana) Steam Tractor. Engine No.1639. Duplex cylinder 13hp (4NHP). The Reeves Company was established in Columbus, Indiana in 1874, originally to build threshing machines. In 1894 Reeves employed Harry C Clay to design a line of steam engines for agricultural use. By 1912 the company had been bought by the Emerson Brantingham company although Reeves products continued to be produced until 1925. This particular steam tractor is one of the smaller engines produced although it is powered by the more powerful duplex engine. The engine has a wet bottom firebox, is fitted with a differential, sprung footplate, Marsh steam pump and injectors, twin mechanical lubricators, governor and two seats for driver and steersperson. The trailed tender is unique, holding both water and coal together and fitted with a steering wheel. The engine was completely overhauled in 1999 with work to the boiler and motion carried out, a new canopy and Reeves Monarch tender. All restoration was carried out using original Reeves drawings