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Gasoline Tractor

The Hart Parr 14,000 pound #3 two-cylinder gasoline engine with 30 horsepower at the belt and 18 at the drawbar is the oldest surviving internal combustion engine tractor in the United States.

Source: Smithsonian National Museum of American History

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&objkey=157



 


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