Waterloo Boy Model N Traction Machine
date: label: Date made
content: 1918
name: label: Associated Name
content: Froelich, John
label: Associated Name
content: Deere, John
label: maker
content: Deere & Company
label: maker
content: Waterloo Gas Engine Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Waterloo Boy was the last tractor produced by Deere and Company before adopting the John Deere brand with the Model D. This 1918 Waterloo Boy draws 25 horsepower from its two-cylinder engine. The engine ran on kerosene, a fuel that farmers could acquire more easily and less expensively than gasoline. This tractor has two forward gears and one reverse gear and spent much of its working life around Kloten, North Dakota.
label: Description
content: The Waterloo Boy is part of the legacy of John Froelich, of Froelich, Iowa, who built the first gasoline engine tractor in 1892. Deere and Company acquired Froelich's Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company in 1918 and continued to improve on Waterloo Boy tractors until 1923.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: North Dakota, Kloten
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: Agriculture
label: Exhibition
content: Waterloo Boy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Deere and Company, Moline, Illinois, through George F. Neiley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.67A02
label: catalog number
content: 67A02
label: accession number
content: 270864
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tractor, Model N, "Waterloo Boy"