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TWIN CITY
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company (MS&M Co.) was founded in Minneapolis by J.L. Record and Otis Briggs on April 24, 1902, to manufacture steel components for buildings, bridges, and other steel structures. The MS&M Co. engaged in the singular steel fabrication business until 1910, when the Joy-Wilson Company of Minneapolis was hired to design a tractor for them. The tractor that was designed later evolved into the famous Twin City "40" tractor, and began the company's successful venture into the tractor business. A few years later, the MS&M Co. expanded its role in the tractor business by subcontracting to build heavy tractors for other manufacturers like Case Threshing Machine Company, and Bull Tractor Company. By the late teens, MS&M Co. engineers realized the trend in tractor design was moving away from the massive behemoths that were their specialty, to smaller, cheaper, and more compact tractor designs. As a result, an entirely new line of lightweight tractors was engineered, supplemented by a new line of threshing machines and farm trucks. The new line of lightweight "Twin City" tractors were very well engineered, and as a testament to their quality they later served as the basis for the entire Minneapolis- Moline tractor line. Overall, sales of "Twin City" products increased throughout the twenties with growing consumer acceptance, but in the depressed agricultural economy of that period it was very difficult for a short line company like MS&M Co. to survive on its own. Therefore, merger negotiations began with another short line company, the Moline Implement Company of Moline, Illinois, and later included the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company of Hopkins, Minnesota. An agreement was eventually reached, and on March 30, 1929, the three short line companies were amalgamated to form the Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Company.
16-30
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1936 | 5501-6203 |
17-28
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1930 | 30104 |
| 1931 | 30282 |
| 1932 | 30299 |
| 1933 | 30310 |
| 1934 | 30334 |
| 1935 | 30763 |
20-35 and 27-44
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1928 | 250 000 |
| 1929 | |
| 1930 | 250 731 |
| 1931 | 250 797 |
| 1934 | 250 800 |
| 1935 | 250 806 |
21-32
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1930 | 151 797 |
| 1931 | 154 074 |
| 1932 | 154 124 |
| 1934 | 154 130 |
FT
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1932 | 46001 |
| 1934 | 46005 |
| 1935 | 46030 only |
| 1936 | 46031 |
| 1937 | 46047 |
FTA
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1935 | 154 300 |
| 1936 | 155 382 |
| 1937 | 156 248 |
| 1938 | 156 909 |
JT
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1934 | 550001 |
| 1935 | 550026 |
| 1936 | 551763 |
| 1937 | 554555 |
JT Standard
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1936 | 600 001 |
| -600 469 |
JT Orchard
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1937 | 625 001 |
| 1938 | 625 104 |
KT
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1929 | 300 001 |
| 1930 | 300 080 |
| 1931 | 301 584 |
| 1932 | 301 957 |
| 1933 | 301 982 |
| 1934 | 301 988 |
KT Industrial
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1932 | 40001 only |
| 1933 | 40002 |
| 1934 | 40005 |
| 1935 | 40009 only |
KTA
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1934 | 302200 |
| 1935 | 302372 |
| 1936 | 303826 |
| 1937 | 304702 |
| 1938 | 306282 |
LT
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1930 | 500001 |
| -500010 |
MT
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1930 | 525 001 |
| 1931 | 525 021 |
| 1932 | 525 096 |
| 1933 | 525 335 |
| 1934 | 525 346 |
MTA
| Year | Serial Number |
| 1934 | 525 421 |
| 1935 | 525 491 |
| 1936 | 526 119 |
| 1937 | 526 961 |
| 1938 | 528 050 |
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