Posted by Casey in Ky on May 05, 2015 at 13:03:46 from (144.160.5.104):
In Reply to: Re: Question? posted by Tx Jim on May 05, 2015 at 12:29:49:
"During the war years of the 1940s Oliver Corporation expanded rapidly into non-agricultural production, most notably in the defense sector. By 1947, the Oliver Corporation employed 9,000 with 37% of Oliver's production for defense contracts. Product lines included graders, forklifts, road rollers, crawlers, and power units incorporated into products by other companies.
Oliver also built airplane fuselages for Boeing RB-47E Reconnaissance planes at a Battle Creek, Michigan aviation division set up exclusively for defense contracts. The Charles City, Iowa plant assembled transmissions for the 25-ton crane carriers and built and assembled 106mm recoilless rifle gun mounts for the Army. The Cleveland, Ohio plant built the MG-1 crawler for the Army as well as tank parts. The Gilroy, California plant produced the 76mm guns for the Walker Bulldog tank. The Shelbyville, Ohio plant built 155mm Howitzer gun parts."
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