Deere bought the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co., maker of the "Waterloo Boy" two-cylinder tractor ... invented the steel plow, needed to start building its own tractors or buy another company ...

John Deere needed to get into the tractor business. Waterloo had a tractor business. The rest is history. Deere bought the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co., maker of the “Waterloo Boy” two ...

the 1918 Waterloo Boy Tractor. This gaily colored monster is celebrated as John Deere’s first tractor, but it’s not, not really. Company engineers and board members dithered for years over ...

In 1837, innovation came in the form of John ... And as a three-plow tractor, it didn't compete directly with the two plow Fordson. Deere management believed the Waterloo Boy did 50% more work ...

WATERLOO — Step inside the John Deere Tractor & Engine Museum and look upon a simple wooden walking plow that built an ... The museum is a two- and three-dimensional tribute to the nearly ...

One interactive exhibit simulates how difficult it is to hold a walking plow ... tractor in the late 1950s. Several tractors are on display, from a 1914 'Waterloo Boy” to a giant John Deere ...

Deere and Co, the company behind the John Deere brand ... from the engine. The Waterloo Boy engine had two horizontal cylinders, but by the early 1920s, most leading tractor makers had switched ...

the 1918 Waterloo Boy Tractor. This gaily colored monster is celebrated as John Deere’s first tractor, but it’s not, not really. Company engineers and board members dithered for years over ...