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Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company

The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company was the first company to manufacture and sell gasoline-powered farm tractors. Based in Waterloo, Iowa, the company was created by John Froelich and a group of Iowa businessmen in 1893 and was originally named the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company. In 1892, Froelich had invented the first practical gasoline-powered tractor, and the new company was given the opportunity to manufacture and sell the tractor Froelich designed. The tractor was not successful commercially, and of the four tractors built by the company only two were purchased, and these were later returned to the company by unsatisfied customers. In 1895, the company was sold to John W. Miller and renamed the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company. Miller decided to stop producing tractors and instead focus on building plain gasoline engines.

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Model

Configuration

Years

# Produced
The Froelich Tractor

1892

2
Waterloo Boy Standard

Standard Tread

1912

Unkown
Model P

Half Track Standard Tread

1913

Unkown
Model L

Standard Tread

1914

2 to 4 units
Model LA

Standard Tread

1914-1915

Unkown
Model R

Standard Tread

1914-1917

9310
Overtime

Standard Tread

1915-1919

Model N

Standard Tread

1917-1923

21392

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