Re: [CBQ] Cat at Montgomery

[Lawrence Brigham <larry5925@embarqmail.com>]

I added a space before the comma for correct URL

Larry B
larry5925()embarqmail.com 



On 5/12/13 11:50 AM, "David Jordan" <dpj1974@mediacombb.net> wrote:

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> >In the 70s were still delivering inbound tractor tread plate and lumber for
> blocking. Prior to that from discussions with some older guys they mentioned
> coal for >the power plant, tires and other steel plate. Track three in the
> plant was setup for inbound parts but I can't say for sure what came in on
> it. Track 2 led to fuel >storage area.
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> "Tractor tread plate" = You mean track shoes? 
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> I can imagine this plant required lots of tires. Aurora (Montgomery)
> produced front end (and crawler) loaders at startup, introduced the 944
> wheel "traxcavator" (wheel loader) in late 1959
> http://www.cat.com/50years-wheel-loaders , and also the first hydraulic
> excavator (225) in 1972. Soil compactors and wheel dozers have been produced
> there for a long time too. 
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> >I can tell you we spotted partially finished machines from Peoria into
> Montgomery in the 70s
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> Sounds like a Manufacturing-In-Transit type move. 
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> David P. Jordan
> Dunlap, Illinois
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