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:
- William Allchin Ltd, Northamptonshire – (MERL database entry)
- John Allen of Oxford
- Armstrong & Whitworth, Manchester & Newcastle
- Aveling-Barford - Grantham, Lincolnshire.
- Aveling & Porter, Rochester, Kent
- Babcock & Wilcox
- Barrows & Carmichael
- Barrows & Co
- Barrows & Stewart
- Charles Burrell & Sons, Thetford – (MERL database entry)
- Clayton & Shuttleworth, Lincoln, Lincolnshire – (MERL database entry)
- Clayton Wagons - Steam wagons
- John Collins
- Davey Paxman - Better known for engines & locos
- Edwin Foden, Sons & Co Ltd, Sandbach, Cheshire
- William Foster & Co Ltd, Lincolnshire
- Fowell,
- John Fowler & Co. , Leeds, Yorkshire
- Richard Garrett & Sons Ltd, Leiston, Suffolk
- Howard
- J&H McLaren & Co., Leeds, Yorkshire
- Leyland Steam Carriage Co.
- Mann’s Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Company, Leeds, Yorkshire
- Marshall, Sons & Co., Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
- Dave,Paxman & Co. Colchester, Essex
- Ransomes Sims & Head, Ipswich
- Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Ltd Ipswich
- Richard Garrett & Sons, Leiston
- Robey & Co Ltd – (MERL database entry)
- Richard Hornsby
- Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincolnshire
- Ruston, Proctor and Company Ltd Lincolnshire - Foreruner to Ruston & Hornsby
- Savage - Fairground centre engines
- Sentinel Wagon works Ltd, Shrewsbury, England. Steam Wagon and Diesel lorries & locomotive Builders.
- Spider Wagon - modern conversion
- A W Smith of Glasgow
- Taskers of Andover, Hampshire
- Thornycroft
- Richard Trevithick - more noted for rail loco & Mine engines
- Tuxford & Sons Ltd
- Wallis & Steevens, Basingstoke, Hampshire – (MERL database entry)
North American Manufacturers
- Buffalo Springfield
- George White of Canada
- J.I.Case
- Rumeley became Advance-Rumely
- Waterloo
- Wilder
For full list of North American Manufacturers see Wikipedia entry
German Manufacturers
- Henschel
- Lanz - Better known for Hot bulb engine tractors.
- Ottomeyer
- Ruthemeyer
- Zettelmeyer
Others
- Albaret
- Breloux
- Bromovsky, Schulz & Sohr
- Brouhot
- Calder
- Farmers Foundry
- Figment
- Foreman
- Frick
- Gibbons & Robinson
- Heuke
- Hindley
- Hofherr-Schrantz-Clayton HSCS - Hungarian
- Iroquois
- Kelly Springfield
- Kemna
- Munktell, Sweden
- Port Huron
- Robinson & Auden
- SLM Winterthur
- Winschoten Ind )
References / sources
- Wikipedia for initial listing
- Old Glory Magazine
- Steam Scenes for more obscure makes