from serial #75,000 to end of production many engines of this period were vertical engines.Ĭ- Alamo Blue Line with Webster Tri-Polar-Oscillator
ALAMO ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER
As this Agent was also selling other companies' engines, and in order to prevent possible confusion, they simply added the letter "A" for Alamo, infront of the serial number on the name tag. One slight variation about the serial # on the nameplate is found on Alamo built engines sold by the Rock Island Plow Co. This name tag would show the Agent's company name, the engine's rated horsepower and RPM and also the serial # that would simply duplicate the serial # already present on the engine. It was the Agent's responsability to put the brass name plate on the engine.
ALAMO ENGINE SERIAL NUMBERS
These serial numbers were awarded consecutively from #1 on the first engine to #116,000-/+ on the last Alamo engine built, and this independently of the engine's horsepower rating or of the destined "approved agent". These approved agents were allowed to put their own name on the engine's tag, so for this reason, there are many Alamo engines hidden behind the seller's name tag.Īll Alamo engines left the Alamo Engine Company foundry with a serial number stamped on the front of the water hopper for the smaller size engines, or stamped on the cylinder head for the larger size engines. To achieve this goal, Alamo recruted some "AGENTS" and they found several over the years. The reason for this is that even though Alamo sold some of the engines they made directly to the customer, they were more interested in building the engines and leaving the task of selling their engines to others. By the time the company shut its doors in the early thirties, their foundry had produced almost 116,000 engines, making them one of the 10-12 most prolific engine builders in North America but none the less collectors often think of the Alamo as a rare engine. The Alamo Manufacturing Company, later renamed the Alamo Engine Company was situated in Hillsdale, Michigan.
Avery & Sons, Hoosier, Lunt Moss Co., Magnolia, Monarch Gas Engine Co., Moody, R.M. Here are more names found on nameplates that could be hidding an Alamo engine.īlue Line, Dairy King, Duplex Mfg. Other Nicknames and Agent's name found on Alamo built engines: They went one step further and named the Alamo built engines they were selling "The Flying Dutchman". However Duplex-Superior never was an engine manufacturer, but instead they were jobbers, having contracted from year to year for engines on a bid basis.īased in Moline, Illinois, they too acted as an engine seller for the Alamo Engine Co. This company is often referred to as an engine builder, apparently because they affixed their nameplate to several different engines. They offered a wide range of hardware, windmills, pumps, and many other items.
Situated in Superior, Wisconsin, the Duplex-Superior was a major hardware supplier. Were refered to as "Lindsay-Alamo" engines in that catalog. Shows the whole line of engines they were selling at the time. Company" of Minneapolis is another one of Alamo's approvedĪgents and they sold many Alamo engines. They also sold engines from other builder than Alamo. also sold other makers' engine at one time or another.Īlso from Lansing, Michigan, this other "approved agent" sold a fair number of Alamo built engines. It is important to note here that an engine with a Rock Island Plow Co., name tag does not automatically make this engine an Alamo as the Rock Island Plow Co. They were by far the more prolific seller of Alamo engines and they probably sold more Alamos than all the other agents put together. This Rock Island, Illinois based company also acted as an "approved agent" to sell the Alamo built engines. of Canada with branches in Montreal, Toronto & Winnipeg and the second being the EMPIRE built for the Cockshutt Plow Co., of Brantford, Ontario. also sold the Alamo engines in Canada under two different names, the first one being Empire Cream Separator Co. They acted as an "approvedĪgent" to sell the Alamo engines of Hillsdale, Michigan. This company from Bloomfield, New Jersey was not an engine builder, but they sold a vast array of agricultural products. from 1900-01 until about 1917.Īlamo Engine Co.
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