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The Holt Manufacturing Company began with the 1883 founding of Stockton Wheel Service in Stockton, California, United States. Benjamin Holt, later credited with patenting the first workable crawler ("caterpillar") tractor design, incorporated the Holt Manufacturing Company in 1892. Holt Manufacturing Company was the first company to successfully manufacture a continuous track tractor ( Hornsby in England manufactured at least two full length "track steer" machines, and their patent was later purchased by Holt in 1913, allowing Holt to claim to be the "inventor" of the crawler tractor.) By the early 20th century, Holt Manufacturing Company was the leading manufacturer of combine harvesters in the US, and the leading California-based manufacturer of steam traction engines.

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  • Holt Manufacturing Company, vorher Stockton Wheel Service, war ein US-amerikanischer Hersteller von Kraftfahrzeugen. (de)
  • The Holt Manufacturing Company began with the 1883 founding of Stockton Wheel Service in Stockton, California, United States. Benjamin Holt, later credited with patenting the first workable crawler ("caterpillar") tractor design, incorporated the Holt Manufacturing Company in 1892. Holt Manufacturing Company was the first company to successfully manufacture a continuous track tractor ( Hornsby in England manufactured at least two full length "track steer" machines, and their patent was later purchased by Holt in 1913, allowing Holt to claim to be the "inventor" of the crawler tractor.) By the early 20th century, Holt Manufacturing Company was the leading manufacturer of combine harvesters in the US, and the leading California-based manufacturer of steam traction engines. Holt Manufacturing Company operated from Stockton, California, until opening a satellite facility in Walla Walla, Washington, to serve the Pacific Northwest. In 1909 Holt Manufacturing Company expanded by purchasing the facility of defunct farm implement maker Colean Manufacturing Company in East Peoria, Illinois. Holt changed the name of the company to Holt Caterpillar Company, although he did not trademark the name Caterpillar until 1910. The company's initial products focused on agricultural machinery and were distributed internationally. During World War I, almost all of its production was military materiel. Its tractors were widely used by the Allies to supplant horses pulling haul heavy artillery and tow supply trains. Holt tractors also played a part, to varying degrees, in the development of military tanks in Great Britain, France, and Germany. Holt's equipment was credited with helping the Allies to win the war. The Holt Manufacturing Company gained worldwide recognition for the quality and durability of its equipment. As the war ended, the Holt company was left with huge surplus inventories of heavy-duty tractors ill-suited for the agricultural market, which had been dominated during the war by the Holt Company's primary competitor, C. L. Best. The company decided to focus instead on heavy construction equipment and sought to capitalize on the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921. Laden with debt and needing more capital to switch its product line, the company struggled to move forward. Both the Holt Manufacturing Company and C. L. Best were hurt by the depression of 1920–21 which further inhibited sales. Both companies streamlined their over-lapping product lines. The two companies had spent about US$1.5 million (about $23,177,419 today) in legal fees fighting each other in various contractual, trademark, and patent infringement lawsuits since 1905. On the advice of investors, the two companies merged in 1925 to form the Caterpillar Tractor Co. As of 2010, Caterpillar Inc. was the 229th largest company in the world. (en)
  • Holt Manufacturing Company – amerykańska firma produkująca traktory, w 1925 przekształcona w Caterpillar Inc. W 1906 firma Holt wyprodukowała pierwszy komercyjnie dostępny traktor – ten gąsienicowy pojazd o napędzie parowym kosztował wówczas $5 500 (około $120 000 według współczesnej wartości). Traktory Holta używane były w czasie I wojny światowej do transportu żołnierzy, artylerii i zaopatrzenia. (pl)
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  • 1925-04-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Merged with C. L. Best Tractor Company (en)
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  • 1892-01-07 (xsd:date)
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  • 1883-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
  • 1892-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 2100 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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  • United States (en)
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  • 1925-04-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Merged with C. L. Best Tractor Company (en)
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  • 1892-01-07 (xsd:date)
  • Stockton, California, United States (en)
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  • Ames Holt, Benjamin Holt Charles Holt, William Holt (en)
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  • Agricultural machinery, construction (en)
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  • Benjamin Holt, founder and President; Charles Holt, founder; Clarence Leo Best (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • History logo Holt Cat.gif (en)
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  • Holt Manufacturing Company logo, a Holt tractor surrounded by a laurel wreath (en)
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  • The company's first logo as it appeared on a 25th anniversary sales brochure (en)
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  • Holt Manufacturing Company (en)
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  • 2100 (xsd:integer)
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  • Holt Bros. Manufacturing (en)
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  • Holt Manufacturing Company (en)
  • Best Manufacturing Company (en)
  • Aurora Engine Company (en)
  • Canadian Holt Company, Limited (en)
  • Holt Caterpillar Company (en)
  • Houser and Haines Manufacturing Company (en)
  • Stockton Wheel Co. (en)
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  • Private company (en)
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  • Holt Manufacturing Company, vorher Stockton Wheel Service, war ein US-amerikanischer Hersteller von Kraftfahrzeugen. (de)
  • Holt Manufacturing Company – amerykańska firma produkująca traktory, w 1925 przekształcona w Caterpillar Inc. W 1906 firma Holt wyprodukowała pierwszy komercyjnie dostępny traktor – ten gąsienicowy pojazd o napędzie parowym kosztował wówczas $5 500 (około $120 000 według współczesnej wartości). Traktory Holta używane były w czasie I wojny światowej do transportu żołnierzy, artylerii i zaopatrzenia. (pl)
  • The Holt Manufacturing Company began with the 1883 founding of Stockton Wheel Service in Stockton, California, United States. Benjamin Holt, later credited with patenting the first workable crawler ("caterpillar") tractor design, incorporated the Holt Manufacturing Company in 1892. Holt Manufacturing Company was the first company to successfully manufacture a continuous track tractor ( Hornsby in England manufactured at least two full length "track steer" machines, and their patent was later purchased by Holt in 1913, allowing Holt to claim to be the "inventor" of the crawler tractor.) By the early 20th century, Holt Manufacturing Company was the leading manufacturer of combine harvesters in the US, and the leading California-based manufacturer of steam traction engines. (en)
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  • Holt Manufacturing Company (en)
  • Holt Manufacturing Company (de)
  • Holt Manufacturing Company (pl)
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  • Holt Manufacturing Company (en)
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