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Ford unveils one-of-a-kind F-22 Raptor with 545 hp
If you know some of Ford’s history then you’re probably aware that Henry Ford also had a big interest in aircraft and even went so far to help his son, Edsel, build an experimental plane in 1909 six years after the Wright brothers had taken to the skies. Though Edsel’s plane crashed, Henry Ford’s interest […]
July 11, 2017
Construction Equipment
Detroit is worth saving: Henry Ford vs. the titans of the Internet
Tuesday marked the occasion of Henry Ford’s 150 birthday anniversary. A week earlier, the city he helped build went bankrupt. In the first half of the 20th Century, Henry Ford and his peers, men like Thomas Edison, John D. Rockefeller and Alexander Graham Bell, pulled millions out of poverty, created a prosperous middle class and […]
August 2, 2013
Construction Equipment
Elton Long enters Construction Equipment Hall of Fame
Elton Long was inducted into the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ Construction Equipment Hall of Fame. Long designed and manufactured the first tractor loader/backhoe integrated from the factory and warranted by a single OEM. Long lived from 1921 until 2003. A judging board comprised of representatives and experts from major industry associations elected Long to the […]
November 28, 2011
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