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Ingersoll Equipment Company, Inc.(no connection to Ingersoll Rand) was formed when Jack Ingersoll purchased the garden tractor division from Case Corporation in late 1983. Case garden tractors came into existence in 1965, after the purchase of Colt Garden Tractors/Colt Equipment in late 1964. The motive behind the acquisition was a ...
Carter Machinery, founded in Virginia in 1927, is a producer of lubricants for engines and other mechanical purposes. By the 1980s, it also became the largest dealer in Caterpillar equipment in the United States, [1] and it was acquired by Caterpillar, Inc. in 1988.
The Briggs & Stratton Gasoline/Electric Hybrid Car – In 1980, at the tail end of the energy crisis, Briggs & Stratton developed the first gasoline-electric hybrid automobile concept car. "The Hybrid" was designed by Brooks Stevens , had six wheels and was powered by a twin-cylinder 16 hp (11.9 kW) Briggs & Stratton engine and a large bank of ...
The engine is a V-twin four-stroke, 895 cc (54.6 cu in) or 993 cc (60.6 cu in) displacement, fan-driven air-cooled, gasoline engine design.The larger displacement is achieved by increasing the stroke from 78 to 87 mm (3.1 to 3.4 in), but using the same bore of 86 mm (3.4 in).
The Oliver 500 was a David Brown 850 tractor, restyled as an Oliver, and marketed to the same general market segment as the Oliver 550.The 500 used a David Brown engine with 154-cubic-inch (2,520 cc) displacement with a six-speed transmission, produced in gasoline and diesel versions.
The Old Chapel and its cemetery are located at the center of Briggs, it is home to the graves of the Burwell, Meade, Page and Randolph families, among others. U.S. Route 340, Virginia State Route 255 (Bishop Meade Highway), Lanham Lane, and Briggs Road are located in Briggs.
Around 1837 she was sold to slave trader William H. Williams, owner of the Yellow House in Washington, D.C. [5] While owned by Williams, she was used to ship 27 enslaved convicts from Virginia who had been condemned to death but were sold to Rudolph Littlejohn with Williams as surety. The slaves were sold on the terms that they could be sold ...
Jimmy Rushing also recorded "I'm Coming Virginia" with his big band in 1958. [2] In 1974, [8] guitarist Charlie Byrd performed a rendition of the tune at the Concerts by the Sea in Redondo Beach, California, which appeared on his Byrd by the Sea album. Billboard praised the sensitivity and delicate nature of the album recording. [9]