First Dozin Traditional Cache
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Home of the First Bulldozer
The world's first bulldozer was built at Morrowville in 1923. It was invented by J. Earl McLeod and Jim Cummings of Morrowville in Washington County and patented in 1929. The story begins in 1923, during the early years of the oil industry, with the Sinclair Oil Company laying an oil pipeline across Washington County from the oil fields of Teapot Dome, WY to refineries at Freeman, MO. A young farmer, James Cummings, upon seeing the pipeline being laid noted that, while the actual digging of the trench had been mechanized (much of this technology had been developed during World War I just a few years before), backfilling the trench was still being done with mules and dirt slips. He soon realized that a machine for filling the trench was in order and approached the pipeline company with his idea. They enthusiastically encouraged him to develop the machine, and with the help of a local draftsman, J. Earl McLeod, plans were drawn up and the men proceeded to build the new machine from parts scoured from junkyards in the area. From the frame of a Model T, windmill springs, and assorted odds and ends, a new technology sprang forth. Cummings and McLeod were given the contract for backfilling the pipeline from Deshler, NE to it's terminus at Freeman, MO. You can see a replica with a crude blade mounted on a Fordson tractor in Cummings Park, Morrowville. Bring your own pencil. Nano.
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