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    Trucks

    TRUCK TRACKS

    July 1, 2001
    America’s love affair with the truck can be traced back just over a century to a time when a largely agricultural nation starte America’s love affair with the truck...
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    Law and innovator

    July 1, 2001
    In the midst of accusations he could’ve turned to a lawyer and said, "You’ll hear from my innovator In the midst of accusations he could’ve turned to a lawyer ...
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    LAW: The Contractor's Side

    July 1, 2001
    In this, the 95th anniversary issue of Roads & Bridges, I will provide my top construction cases of the 20th century In this, the 95th anniversary issue of Roads & Bridges...
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    Plowing across the prairies

    July 1, 2001
    A visitor to John Deere’s blacksmith shop in 1837 would have been greeted by the sound of horse’s hooves walking on a treadmill A visitor to John Deere’s blacksmith...
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    A century of earthmoving

    July 1, 2001
    Before sound was recorded on film, before the world’s first motel opened in Monterey, Calif Before sound was recorded on film, before the world’s first motel opened...

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    The threshing machine king

    July 1, 2001
    At the time of the start of the magazine that would become Roads & Bridges, J At the time of the start of the magazine that would become Roads & Bridges, J. I. Case Co...
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    Rising from a rock bed

    July 1, 2001
    ohn Minor had rocks in his head John Minor had rocks in his head. It’s not exactly clear where the conversation took place, but one day in the early 1870s Minor, a prominent...
    Infrastructure Security

    INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY

    July 1, 2001
    In 1963, former President Dwight D.
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    Link-Belt usage

    July 1, 2001
    Back in the early ?70s, anything that fell to the ground floor at Link-Belt?s Cedar Rapids plant usually ended up in the hands of John Claflin. On more than one occasion, this...