Witte Iron Works

The Witte Iron Works was a maker of hit and miss engines.

The company was started in 1870 by August Witte in Kansas City.

His son Ed Witte built the company's first crude gasoline engine in 1886.

These engines were the first of the Witte models to carry the walking-beam valve mechanism that characterized the entire line until November, 1923.

Witte declared that their engines paid for themselves, making them practically free.