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Reeves Line of Power Farming Machinery, General Catalog, by The Reeves Works, Emerson-Brantingham Implement Company, Columbus, Indiana, 1920s?. Reprinted by Nation Builder Books, Leesburg, VA, 2006, 7½ x 10 paperback, photoduplicated booklet, 48 pages. Please note that this is a photoduplicated reproduction, not an original. The accompanying images were scanned from a reprint, not the original. Here is a reproduction of a rare catalog of Reeves Steam Traction Engines and other farm equipment. The original had a retail price of $200 on it. There is no date I could find anywhere in the catalog, but Emerson-Brantingham bought Reeves in 1912, and the artwork on the cover is typical of Art Noveau, so I would date it in the 1920s. Reeves began building threshers in 1874 and incorporated in 1888. In 1884, Reeves acquired Ritchie & Dyer Co., builder of steam traction engines. Reeves were especially adopted for service in the colder climate of Canada, with a full jacket on the boiler and dome helping to retain heat. The Reeves plant was closed by Emerson-Brantingham in 1925, but a few years later, a local banker seeking to preserve the skilled labor force of Columbus, Ind., financed a group of men to reopen the plant and re-work Sears Roebuck gas engines, and enterprise that eventually became The Cummins Engine Co. The Catalog we have reproduced includes elven profile photos or drawings of Reeves traction engines, including a massive 40 H.P. Cross Compound Traction Engine. In addition there is a cut-away view of a Reeves double cylinder engine; a view of the Reeves reverse and expansion gear; a Special Straw Burner Boiler; the Reeves Friction Power Guide; Reeves Compound Separators; Reeves Wind Stacker; Band Cutter and Feeder; Hart-Brown Feeder Wing Carrier; Reeves Big 18 Clover Huller; Cylinder Corn Sheller; Steel Baling Press; Flexible-Frame Hand-Lift Gang Plpw; and a Number Three Saw Mill. Please note that this is a photoduplicated reproduction, not an original. The accompanying images were scanned from a reprint, not the original. * U.S. media (book rate) mail is $3.95. PLEASE NOTE that our experience over the 2004-5 holiday season was that an alarming number of books took over four weeks to be delivered to states west of the Mississippi River. We think—and hope—this probably has something to do with homeland security rather than any sudden deterioration of postal service, but we really do not know. All we know for certain is that we do NOT want to deal with a number of inquires and complaints about “Where’s my books?†when there is NOTHING we can do after we hand the package to the postal clerk and have the receipt in hand. If you want to use media (book rate) mail please wait at least four weeks before you contact us to inquire about the whereabouts of your book. And note that all we’ll be able to tell you is the date we mailed it from the Post Office. We will NOT be able to tell you where the book is, or when the Post Office is going to deliver it. The history of industrial, transportation, and agricultural development From Steam Engines . . . to Spacecraft (please look at our rules and privacy policy) |
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