Caterpillar Inc.
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Caterpillar Inc. is an American construction, mining, and other engineering equipment manufacturer. The company is the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment. In 2018, Caterpillar was
Former headquarters in Peoria, Illinois
Caterpillar early continuous track from 1912 [Vehicle appears identical to Western Implement & Motor Company 'Creeping Grip'
Benjamin Holt, one of the founders of Holt Manufacturing Company
The Holt 75 model gasoline-powered Caterpillar tractor used early in World War I as an artillery tractor. Later models were produced without the front "tiller wheel", c. 1914.
C. L. Best
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Clarence Leo Best, better known as C. L. Best, was an American manufacturing executive. C. L. Best founded the C. L. Best Gas Traction Company in 1910 then merged his company with Holt Manufacturing C
Caterpillar Inc.
…is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Caterpillar Inc. traces its origins to the 1925 merger of the Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Company, creating a new entity, California-based Caterpillar Tractor Company. In 1986, the company reorganized itself as a Delaware corporation…
Patent drawing of the C. L. Best autotractor from 1915
Working model of the C.L. Best autotractor
Best 30 (1923).
Best 60 (1923).