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This tractor engine is one half of a steam plow tandem. In older times, the rig's owners would hire out to plow farners' fields. It took three men to run the rig, one on each engine to manage the fire and steampressure and advance the engine a row at a time, and also to engage or free the cable-wheel beneath the engine. The third man rode the see-saw cable-drawn plow, alternating the down end according to the direction it was being pulled.
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ExhibitPlus steam_plow_pano This tractor engine is one half of a steam plow tandem. In older times, the rig's owners would hire out to plow farners' fields. It took three men to run the rig, one on each engine to manage the fire and steampressure and advance the engine a row at a time, and also to engage or free the cable-wheel beneath the engine. The third man rode the see-saw cable-drawn plow, alternating the down end according to the direction it was being pulled.

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