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Benjamin Holt

Agricultural Mechanization

Benjamin Leroy Holt (1849 to 1920) was an American businessman and inventor who patented and manufactured the first practical crawler-type tread tractor. The continuous track he developed spreads a heavy vehicle's weight over a large area to keep it from sinking into soft ground, a design still used on heavy agricultural and engineering vehicles, and he founded the Holt Manufacturing Company with his brothers to build it.

Facts
Birth Year
1849 1
Death Year
1920 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Patented and manufactured the first practical crawler-type tread tractor, whose continuous track spreads a heavy vehicle weight to keep it from sinking into soft ground, and founded the Holt Manufacturing Company. 1
Connections

Developed

Tractor, Implements and Machines

Why this is disputed. Holt patented and manufactured the first practical crawler-type tracked tractor; the tractor as a whole category has multiple credited pioneers (Froelich, Hart-Parr among them), so this is one attested contribution, not sole-inventor credit

Works In

Agricultural Engineering, Disciplines
Source Benjamin Holt (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Benjamin Holt
Sources
1. Benjamin Holt (Wikipedia)
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  • lead paragraph, first sentence
    Benjamin Leroy Holt (January 1, 1849, December 5, 1920) was an American businessman and inventor who patented and manufactured the first practical crawler-type tread tractor. The continuous-type track is used for heavy agricultural and engineering vehicles to spread the weight over a large area to prevent the vehicle from sinking into soft ground.
  • Works In: Agricultural Engineering, Lead
    Benjamin Leroy Holt (January 1, 1849, December 5, 1920) was an American businessman and inventor who patented and manufactured the first practical crawler-type tread tractor.
  • In Group: Tractor Inventors and Makers, Lead
    Benjamin Leroy Holt (January 1, 1849, December 5, 1920) was an American businessman and inventor who patented and manufactured the first practical crawler-type tread tractor.
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Wikidata: Benjamin Holt
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