In 1938, R. G. LeTourneau introduced the Tournapull, the world’s first single-axle, rubber-tired prime mover. The Tournapull was originally intended to pull scrapers; indeed, the name came into use ...
PEORIA — For over 100 years, factories that produced heavy equipment loomed over North Adams Street in the section of Peoria known as Averyville. They did, that is, until this year when Komatsu ...