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The Pre '30 Auction 2019 - Day 2 (#152659) 04/13/2019 10:00 AM CST CLOSED!

Lot #79The Bower City 12-25

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Lot closed - High bid:$115,500 (7 bids)

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The Pre '30 Auction 2019 - Day 2 (#152659) 04/13/2019 10:00 AM CST CLOSED!

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The ‘Bower City' tractor was Townsend Mfg company's first production tractor. The name was changed multiple times throughout the years but the unique steam engine style design stayed the same. This example is in great mechanical condition and runs well. The Bower City tractor was developed by Roy C Townsend, In 1905, Roy was apprenticed to the Fairbanks-Morse Engine Works in Beloit, training as an engineer. By 1910, he had become involved with engine development and was eventually appointed head of Fairbanks’ tractor program. In 1914, after Fairbanks decided to move out of the tractor market, Roy went into partnership with his father and brothers to form the Townsend Tractor Company, operating from a small workshop in Beloit. The following year, he relocated to larger premises in Janesville – known locally as Bower City because its many parks and gardens were said to resemble a ‘bower of green’. One of only a handful of surviving Bower City tractors, this machine was sourced from Washington State. Ironically, and years later, it is reunited with the scale model that is selling in the next lot. They came from the same collection in Washington!
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