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1917 Waterloo Boy logo. 1917 "Waterloo Boy" kerosene-fueled tractor. The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company was the first company to manufacture and sell gasoline powered farm tractors . Based in Waterloo, Iowa , the company was created by John Froelich and a group of Iowa businessmen in 1893, and was originally named the Waterloo Gasoline ...
John Froelich (November 24, 1849 – May 24, 1933) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the first stable gasoline-powered tractor with forward and reverse gears. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He received several patents relating to tractors and internal combustion engines.
Deere & Company, doing business as John Deere (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ n ˈ d ɪər /), is an American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery, heavy equipment, forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in heavy equipment and lawn care equipment.
John Deere on Thursday confirmed additional layoffs of 345 production workers from its operations in Waterloo, effective Sept. 20. That brings to 894 the total since the beginning of the year at ...
In Iowa alone, John Deere has shed 1,702 jobs in 2024 at its plants and offices in Waterloo, Ankeny, Davenport, Dubuque, Johnston and Urbandale, according to the WARN site.In addition, the company ...
John Deere says it will lay off more than 300 workers at its Waterloo operations, effective April 26. The company posted the notice Tuesday on Iowa's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ...
On Saturday, August 23, 1986, at 12:01 a.m., a selective/partial strike of about 4,300 unionized Deere & Company employees (reflecting the respective sum of 565, 3,033, and 715 of the UAW Locals 838, 94, and 74) began striking at Waterloo (foundry) and Dubuque, Iowa (industrial equipment production) and Milan, Illinois (parts distribution ...
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