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Buffalo-Pitts: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 4:00pm.
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There probably aren't many photos out there of a steam tractor on a railcar on a boat on ice. Here we see two brand-new Buffalo-Pitts steam tractors on a flatcar aboard the transfer steamer City of Detroit on the Detroit River in winter. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The item behind the tractors
Submitted by ChefBoyRV on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 4:03pm.
This appears to be the tube sheet for a pretty good sized industrial or large heating boiler.
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Submitted by perpster on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 10:24pm.
Is that a locomotive or industrial boiler behind the tractor on the left?
Progressive Farming
Submitted by Waterloo1900 on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 9:11am.
The company is no more but there is a website:
Before There Was Buffalo Springfield
Submitted by jdowling23 on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 7:49pm.
Buffalo-Pitts was a predecessor company. Successors included Poco, Loggins & Messina, and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
How Things Stack Up
Submitted by Jano on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 8:06pm.
It's like an industrial version of "Hop on Pop."
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