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Kinnard-Haines Co.
The Kinnard Haines Co. of Minneapolis was formed about 1882 when O.B. Kinnard and Albert Haines opened a machine shop and began to produce shingle mill machinery. The organization’s name was changed in 1889 to the Kinnard Press Co. when the company began to heavily specialize in building hay presses, or balers as they are known today. Another reorganization took place in 1896, and it was at this time that the company began to build their own gasoline engines. The first of this line was marketed in the spring of 1897 and in 1898, the “Flour City” trademark was adopted for the gasoline stationary and portable engines. The Flour City name would also be used on the Kinnard-Haines tractors, which entered production in 1900.
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In 1901, another reorganization resulted in the company reverting back to its original name – Kinnard-Haines Co. By this time, the company was one of the major producers of agricultural engines and equipment in the Minneapolis area. The company continued to use variations of its stationary engines in its tractors through 1907, but that year a totally new automotive-type 4-cylinder engine was developed exclusively for the tractor line. In 1917 another reorganization took place, and the firm was now renamed Kinnard & Sons Manufacturing Co. At this time, the production included an extensive line of heavy tractors and engines. O.B. Kinnard died in 1925, and the company began a downhill slide shortly after that – a fact due mainly to the decline in market.
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