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Piedmont Wagon Company was a horse-drawn wagon works company in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. Founded by George G. Bonniwell and A. L. (Andy) Ramseur in 1878, [ 2 ] it became "one of the most conspicuous examples of New South prosperity in North Carolina" during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [ 3 ]
Belt Pulley magazine was founded in 1987 by Kurt Aumann of Nokomis, Illinois.Aumann was only 17 years of age when he first started publishing the magazine. In 1998, Jane Aumann took over primary responsibility for the editing of the magazine as Kurt sought to build his auctioneering business called Aumann Auctions Inc. [1]
The Euclid Company of Ohio made specifically-designed off-road heavy haulers, compared with other companies that modified on-road trucks for off-road earth-hauling.. The Euclid Crane and Hoist Co., formed in 1909 and owned by George A. Armington and his five sons, had become a large, respected and profitable operation by the early 1920s.
During World War II, the NC&StL found itself unable to order more diesel locomotives to handle the increased passenger traffic. [2] Officials decided to go for steam power; they accepted a proposal by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for a streamlined 4-8-4 J3 locomotive similar to the Norfolk and Western J class locomotives, (a design rejected by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L ...
Jacobsen Manufacturing is a former U.S. lawn mower and light-duty tractor manufacturer, in operation there from the early 1920s until around 2020. It was located in Racine, Wisconsin, from 1921 to 2001, when It moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2017, Jacobsen moved from Charlotte to Augusta, Georgia.
Grain cart to grain hopper trailer Corn combine harvester unloading into grain cart Two combines unloading into 2 chaser bins. A chaser bin, also called grain cart, bank out wagon or (grain) auger wagon, is a trailer towed by a tractor with a built-in auger conveyor system, usually with a large capacity (from several hundred to over 1000 bushels; around 15 tonnes (33,000 lb) is average).
Margot Robbie appeared on the “Talking Pictures” podcast with TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz and revealed that her “Wolf of Wall Street” director Martin Scorsese actually offered her the chance ...
NCTM Back Shop. The museum was founded in 1977, when the Southern Railway deeded 4 acres (16,000 m 2) of land to North Carolina for a transportation museum. Two years later, another 53 acres (210,000 m 2) was added to the original donation; the entirety of the railway's largest former steam locomotive repair shops.