acquired by textron founded c. 1900 founder knud jacobsen defunct c. 1975 headquarters racine wisconsin united states products tractors lawnmowers website www.jacobsen.com jacobsen manufacturing produced lawn mowers and light duty tractors in the united states from the early 1920s until around 1959 . history edit jacobsen manufacturing was founded around the turn of the 20th century as a pattern making shop by knud jacobsen a danish immigrant who came to racine wisconsin in 1891 . a skilled woodworker jacobsen made patterns for automobiles agricultural machines and electrical equipment . jacobsen restructured his business as thor machine works in 1917 . in 1921 it released the 4 acre mower a gasoline powered reel mower marketed through jacobsen manufacturing . the company continued to produce mowers for estates and golf courses throughout the 1920s and 1930s and was not damaged by the great depression . knud jacobsen retired in 1939 and was succeeded as president by his son oscar jacobsen . 1 in 1945 jacobsen manufacturing purchased the worthington mower company of east stroudsburg pennsylvania known for its gang mowers for golf courses parks and airfields . 2 in 1949 the new subsidiary began making model g tractors using ford tractor components mostly for use in parks and golf courses . 3 the company introduced new products such as a tractor mounted compressor in 1955 . 4 it continued to make lawnmowers in stroudsburg for golf course maintenance and for residential use until it closed around 1959 . 2 jacobsen manufactured under the worthington brand until the mid 1960s . 3 the company had purchased the johnston lawn mower company of ottumwa iowa and used this division to enter the residential mower market offering reel type and rotary type mowers for this market in the 1950s . the javelin riding mower came out at the end of the 1950s and the jacobsen chief garden tractor was launched in 1961 with the 100a which was electric start with 7hp kohler k161 and the 100b which was rope start with 7hp kohler k161 . 1 in the 1965 ford entered the garden tractor market with their two models t 800 powered by an 8hp kohler k181 and the t 1000 powered by a 10hp kohler k241 . in 1966 jacobsen chief tractors started using a peerless 2300 and steering was improved as well as a style change . jacobsen made tractors for oliver ford minneapolis moline and white . jacobsen also made light tractors aimed at the farm market with innovative attachments to make the tractors more useful and to make them qualify for tax breaks . 5 textron purchased jacobsen around 1975 but continued to produce jacobsen garden tractors into the 1990s . 1 references edit citations a b c will 2009 p. 55 . a b maurer 1999 p. 2 . a b o clair 2012 . tractor mounted compressor ... 1955 p. 355 . will 2009 p. 56 . sources maurer joe september october 1999 . c. c. worthington and the worthington mower . gas engine magazine . ogden publications inc. retrieved 2013 10 26 . o clair jim february 2012 . 1952 worthington model g . hemmings motor news . retrieved 2013 10 26 . tractor mounted compressor offered by worthington mower . american potato journal . 32 9 355 356 . september 1955 . doi 10.1007 bf02898433 . retrieved 2013 10 26 . will oscar h. 2009 . garden tractors deere cub cadet wheel horse and all the rest 1930s to current . voyageur press . isbn 978 1 61673 161 8 . retrieved 2013 10 27 . external links edit official website v t e textron subsidiaries aai corporation aerosonde ltd avco bell helicopter cushman greenlee jacobsen dixie chopper ransomes lycoming engines textron aviation beechcraft cessna textron marine & land systems millenworks tru simulation training joint ventures bell agusta aerospace company electric transit inc. people scott c. donnelly dick millman jack j. pelton products m1117 armored security vehicle landing craft air cushion millenworks light utility vehicle cbu 97 sensor fuzed weapon ship to shore connector stingray light tank see also textron aircraft retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jacobsen manufacturing & oldid 735784339 categories manufacturing companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 02 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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