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2. Road roller - Wikipedia

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   Horse-drawn road roller from 1800 Steam-powered roller Zettelmeyer diesel-powered road roller The first road rollers were horse-drawn , and were probably borrowed farm implements (see Roller ) . Since the effectiveness of a roller depends to a large extent on its weight, [ 3 ] self-powered vehicles replaced horse-drawn rollers from the mid-19th ...

3. Galion Iron Works - Wikipedia

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   The Galion Iron Works Company of Galion, Ohio, was founded by David Charles Boyd and his three brothers in 1907.In its early years, the Galion produced a wide range of road-building and other construction equipment, such as drag scrapers, plows, wagons, stone unloaders, rock crushers, and a variety of other "experimental machines".

4. J.D. Adams & Company - Wikipedia

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   Adams Leaning Wheel grader no.21, outside the original offices the Nungarin roadboard 1910 company catalog, image of Road King No. 12. J.D. Adams & Company was founded in 1885 by Joseph D Adams who invented the first leaning-wheel pull grader and was based in Indianapolis. The company manufactured construction machinery including sheepsfoot ...

5. Dynapac - Wikipedia

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   The site in Karlskrona opened in 1960, which made heavy rollers and had the company's technical centre. The CA 25 road roller introduced in 1970 became the world's leading compaction roller. It changed its name to Dynapac Maskin AB in 1973; at this moment the company rapidly expanded its product range.

6. Roller (agricultural tool) - Wikipedia

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   The roller is an agricultural tool used for flattening land or breaking up large clumps of soil, especially after ploughing or disc harrowing. Typically, rollers are pulled by tractors or, prior to mechanisation, a team of animals such as horses or oxen. As well as for agricultural purposes, rollers are used on cricket pitches and residential ...

7. Avery Company - Wikipedia

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   The competition for track-type farm equipment increased in 1925 when the Holt Manufacturing Co. and the C. L. Best Co. of San Leandro, California, merged to form the Caterpillar Tractor Co. When wheat dropped to 25 cents a bushel in 1931, farmers could not afford new farm implements and the new Avery Power Machinery company could not pay its debts.

8. Heavy equipment - Wikipedia

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   Horse-drawn Fresno scraper digging water-supply ditch A portable engine; a precursor to modern engineering vehicles An early gasoline-powered tractor Heavy equipment circa 1922. Until the 19th century and into the early 20th century heavy machines were drawn under human or animal power.

9. Traction engine - Wikipedia

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   1909 Charles Burrell & Sons 6 nominal horsepower general purpose engine, at Great Dorset Steam Fair in 2018. A traction engine is a steam-powered tractor used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location.