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Sign at the childhood home of Joe Biden in Scranton. Biden was born on November 20, 1942, at St. Mary's Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania, [5] to Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Biden (née Finnegan) [6] and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. [7] He was the first of four siblings in a Catholic family, with a sister, Valerie, and two brothers, James and Frank, following. [8]
The Ford N-series tractor helped revolutionize modern mechanized agriculture with its Ferguson three point hitch. A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction.
This list contains notable people who have been killed in traffic collisions.This list does not include those who were killed competing on closed-road events whether in motorsport or in competitive cycling events.
The International Harvester Company (often abbreviated IH or International) was an American manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment, automobiles, commercial trucks, lawn and garden products, household equipment, and more. It was formed from the 1902 merger of McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and Deering Harvester Company and ...
A drawing design of the N&W class J locomotive. After the outbreak of World War II, the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) mechanical engineering team developed a new locomotive—the streamlined class J 4-8-4 Northern—to handle rising mainline passenger traffic over the Blue Ridge Mountains, especially on steep grades in Virginia and West Virginia.
Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945), the American physicist and inventor who built and launched the world's first liquid-propellant rocket on March 16, 1926. [ 1] Goddard held 214 patents for his inventions and pioneering innovations in liquid-propelled, guided, and multi-stage rockets. [ 2] This ...
A "Victory Oil" semi-trailer truck from 1943. The trucking industry in the United States has affected the political and economic history of the United States in the 20th century. Before the invention of automobiles, most freight was moved by train or horse-drawn vehicle . During World War I, the military was the first to use trucks extensively.
Euclid truck at a quarry in Poland (2013) The Euclid Company of Ohio was a manufacturer which specialized in heavy equipment for earthmoving, particularly dump trucks, loaders and wheel tractor-scrapers. It operated in the US from the 1920s to the 1950s, when it was purchased by General Motors.