Steam-driven traction engines had a variety of uses on farms before petrol and diesel power motors were developed. The one in the photograph is hauling a farm shed to a specific location.A non-digital black and white photograph of a steam-driven traction engine pulling hauling equipment and a small wooden building along an unmade track. A group of men are standing at the rear by the track supervising the shift. There are trees in the paddock.steam-driven traction engines, farms

Grampians, Saw Mill near Fyans Creek. A typical mill of the era. Steam Traction Engine belt driven saw. Seven males. c 1880.Black and white enlargement of a scene in the bush - a large steam traction engine appears to drive a long belt which turns the saw, milling the logs. Seven males workmen working the site.stawell