Pennsylvania’s Part in Developing Power Machinery

By Arthur S. Young
Published on September 1, 1975
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In 1880 Frick Company introduced the ''Eclipse.''
In 1880 Frick Company introduced the ''Eclipse.''
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The''Ajax'' made by A. B. Farquhar, was produced in1885.
The''Ajax'' made by A. B. Farquhar, was produced in1885.
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The ''Paxton'' machine, made by the Harrisburg Car and Manufacturing Company in 1886, came in sizes of 8, 10, 12 and 15 horsepower.
The ''Paxton'' machine, made by the Harrisburg Car and Manufacturing Company in 1886, came in sizes of 8, 10, 12 and 15 horsepower.
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In 1913 and '14 Geiser Mfg. Co. was making this 40 horsepower ''Peerless Special Heavy Duty Locomotive.''
In 1913 and '14 Geiser Mfg. Co. was making this 40 horsepower ''Peerless Special Heavy Duty Locomotive.''
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A Frick tractor plowing in Lancaster county, 1919.
A Frick tractor plowing in Lancaster county, 1919.
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Arthur Young, at right, with this Frick tractor pulling a three-bottom Oliver plow, plowed ten acres in eleven hours in 1919.
Arthur Young, at right, with this Frick tractor pulling a three-bottom Oliver plow, plowed ten acres in eleven hours in 1919.

This article, published January 10, 1948, by the Pennsylvania
Farmer, was written by the late Arthur S. Young, implement dealer
and founder of the Rough and Tumble Engineers at Kinzers,
Pennsylvania. It is reprinted with permission of Pennsylvania
Farmer, as background information for today’s historians of
farm power machinery. If you have history in your own state’s

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