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This is a list of Superfund sites in Kansas designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
It is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact a number of salvage yards from a single source. In the 20th century, they were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of ...
This competition forced PACCAR to close its Kenworth assembly plant in Kansas City in April, 1986 and its Peterbilt plant in Newark, California, the following October. [40] PACCAR acquired Trico Industries in 1986 which was a manufacturer of oil exploration equipment based in Gardena, California, for $65 million in order to reduce its ...
Peterbilt Motors Company is an American truck manufacturer specializing in the production of heavy-duty and medium-duty (Classes 5–7) commercial vehicles.The namesake of company founder T. A. "Al" Peterman, it was established in 1939 from the acquisition of Fageol Truck and Motor Company, and has operated as part of PACCAR since 1958.
The 359X is the limited edition version of the 359, only 2000 of them were made Replaced by 379 CB300 c.1975-1978 COE, low cab forward First Peterbilt truck designed for refuse applications Designed and produced jointly between Peterbilt and Kenworth [10] 310 319 1978-1986 COE, low cab forward Replaced CB300, designed for refuse applications
According to the Kansas City Kansan: [1] "In the heyday year of 1923, 2,631,808 cattle were received at the Kansas City yards. Of these, 1,194,527 were purchased for use in Kansas City by the packing houses and local markets; the remainder or about 55 percent was shipped out.
Fort Madison had become a division and crew change point for Santa Fe routes, and it had a locomotive repair shop and other facilities in town, so an upgraded depot was seen as a necessity. This was the railroad's only stop in Iowa. [6] It also includes the Railway Express Agency's (REA) Express Office, completed in 1922.
The Santa Fe Chicagoan at the station in 1967. The station opened in 1914. [3] Through the 1930s, it served as the city's primary arrival and departure point. Railroads including the Frisco, Santa Fe, and Rock Island offered passenger service to and from cities including Chicago, Los Angeles and St. Louis.