Curators' Choice: Agriculture & the Environment

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Ford Experimental Lightweight Tractor, circa 1907

Tractor (Agricultural equipment)

Calling it his "automotive plow," Henry Ford had Joseph Galamb and C.J. Smith construct this experimental machine. It is powered by a 1905 Ford Model B engine with copper water jackets. This tractor represents either the first or, more probably, the second of several experimental lightweight tractor designs which culminated in the production of the Fordson tractor for U.S. markets in 1918.