Ottawa Manufacturing made many different things. Here's some examples.
Mr. E.L. Warner sitting
on an early (cast front axle) Ottawa Mule Team tractor, in the factory,
before shipping.
likely circa 1949 or so.
He
was the owner and son of the founder of Ottawa Manufacturing, Union Foundries,
Warner Manufacturing and the assorted divisions. Ottawa Manufacturing
was at one time the biggest employer in the county.
Above is a
Warner worker, building an Ottawa Lawn King Sickle Mower that had a Continental
Red Seal Engine.
This a a flyer
on the history of the company put out by the local tractor club here in
Ottawa, KS